Editing VESA BIOS Extensions (section)

===VESA BIOS Extensions (VBE core) 3.0 (September 1998)===
A superset of the VBE 2.0 standard. This standard adds [[refresh rate]] control, facilities for [[Stereoscopy|stereo glasses]], improved multi-buffering and other functions to the VBE 2.0 standard.

; [[Triple buffering]]:  Allows high speed applications to perform multi-buffering with less screen flickering and without having to wait for the graphics controller.
; Refresh rate control using GTF timings:  This allows applications and operating system utilities to change the refresh rate in a standard way on all VBE 3.0 graphics controllers. Important for stereo applications, since when stereo is enabled, the user's effective refresh rate is cut in half.
; Stereo page flipping:  When viewing an application using stereo [[LCD shutter glasses|glasses]], software needs to page flip twice as often as normal, because it needs to generate separate images for each eye. This new feature allows stereo compatible software to display properly.
; Hardware stereo sync:  Allows stereo software to determine if there is a connector for stereo glasses on the user's graphics card.

A new "Protected Mode Entry Point" was added as an alternative to ''Function 0Ah''.