do they depend on gfx card? i suspect bestmodeid doesnt returns the correct value on my p96 system, because mode ids are messed up.
Don't remember exactly but they do differ. And they are different from system to system. I think they get created when you make new modes and every new mode gets the next free number. Different cards get different first number - or something like. As I ran at least 3 different cards at the same time the modes really were a mess!