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16 vx 32 bit color on LCD Monitors
Hey everyone, I've got a question.
Since LCD monitors are only capable of 16 bit color, is there any advantage to running your video card in 32 bit mode? I know there used to be a considerable difference in 16 vs 32 bit performance. So bottom line question is, I'm using a Geforce FX 5900 XT and I'm about to get a 19 inch LCD monitor. Should I change the card to 16 bit to improve performance? And will that cause any change in what I see on the screen? Pat Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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There is a difference. 16 bit color doesn't look as good on an LCD.
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Pat wrote:
Hey everyone, I've got a question. Since LCD monitors are only capable of 16 bit color, is there any advantage to running your video card in 32 bit mode? LCDs are capable of more than 16-bit color. 8-bit LCDs can do true 32-bit (really 24-bit) color. 6-bit LCDs effectively do 18-bit color and interpolate it up to 24 bits. -- Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada To email, remove "nospam" from Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/ |
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Interesting how few people complain about 6-bit LCDs now. I remember the
Voodoo3 getting a lot of flak for not being able to display 32-bit color. -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Robert Hancock" wrote in message news:S7TDe.8328$5V4.5596@pd7tw3no... LCDs are capable of more than 16-bit color. 8-bit LCDs can do true 32-bit (really 24-bit) color. 6-bit LCDs effectively do 18-bit color and interpolate it up to 24 bits. |
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First of One wrote:
Interesting how few people complain about 6-bit LCDs now. I remember the Voodoo3 getting a lot of flak for not being able to display 32-bit color. Indeed interesting. But... Most people simply don't know! And manufactors are not very keen to inform about which panels are used in the different monitors. (Fake) response times is all that matters to the average users. It is in the same box as "The megahertz myth" and "The megapixel myth"... Zulu |
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First of One wrote:
Interesting how few people complain about 6-bit LCDs now. I remember the Voodoo3 getting a lot of flak for not being able to display 32-bit color. Well, it's not quite as bad as that - I believe the displays flicker the pixels back and forth between the nearest values to approximate up to the full 8 bits per color. I believe the color rendition is still not as good though. -- Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada To email, remove "nospam" from Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/ |
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Robert Hancock wrote:
Pat wrote: Hey everyone, I've got a question. Since LCD monitors are only capable of 16 bit color, is there any advantage to running your video card in 32 bit mode? LCDs are capable of more than 16-bit color. 8-bit LCDs can do true 32-bit (really 24-bit) color. 6-bit LCDs effectively do 18-bit color and interpolate it up to 24 bits. Also, the number of colours it can handle doesn't equate with the number of *visible* colours. LCD displays still have a way to go before they can display as many nuances as a good CRT, or with the same fidelity. There's also video cards that can do 10+10+10 bits instead of 8+8+8, in which case a CRT is currently the only choice. Regards, -- *Art |
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The good ol. Parhelia... Always wondered under what circumstances 30-bit
color can be useful. Common image formats like BMP, PNG, JPEG, etc. only store 24-bits. Does TIFF or RAW allow 30-bit? -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Arthur Hagen" wrote in message ... There's also video cards that can do 10+10+10 bits instead of 8+8+8, in which case a CRT is currently the only choice. Regards, -- *Art |
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Some scanners use 36 bit (12,12,12) or even 48 bit color (16,16,16). For
these devices image quality is much more important than speed, and supersampling color allows better downsampling. Phil Weldon "First of One" wrote in message ... The good ol. Parhelia... Always wondered under what circumstances 30-bit color can be useful. Common image formats like BMP, PNG, JPEG, etc. only store 24-bits. Does TIFF or RAW allow 30-bit? -- "War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." "Arthur Hagen" wrote in message ... There's also video cards that can do 10+10+10 bits instead of 8+8+8, in which case a CRT is currently the only choice. Regards, -- *Art |
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First of One wrote:
The good ol. Parhelia... Always wondered under what circumstances 30-bit color can be useful. Common image formats like BMP, PNG, JPEG, etc. only store 24-bits. Does TIFF or RAW allow 30-bit? JPEG doesn't store in 24-bits as such -- of course, if the source is 24-bit, it can't be better than that, but if the source is higher quality (like from a scanner), and your jpeg decompresser allows it, you can surely use higher than 8+8+8. PNG is supposed to be expandable, so I would be surprised if it can't handle more than 8+8+8. Regards, -- *Art |
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