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***So, what's the highest color depth your video card supports?***

31 replies · 8,093 views · Started 22 December 2005

Freedom 22 Dec 2005, 22:13

all of the above + truecolor 32 bit which is what I have it set on.
and mine is an old clunker running windows 98 and only 64 megs of ram.

I know.... give it back to grandma and get a real machine.

*b* 22 Dec 2005, 22:16

16 bit and 32 bit. I don't see 24 bit on the list, so I'm assuming 32 bit includes 24 bit

Dark Nation 23 Dec 2005, 05:30

You know, not everyone here knows the answer to that. 😛 I once wrote a little program that would test all the video modes on your computer and return a number that I could enter into a spreadsheet that would display what video modes worked. It's been a few years since I posted it. Anyone remember it and/or still have a copy?

Nicholas Steel 23 Dec 2005, 14:33

32bit 16bit 8bit maybe 24bit (cant choose it due to either the video card or the monitor dont support it. video card: geforce 6600gt pcie, monitor: Hitachi SuperScan 811)


why cant we actually vote?

(anyone with a nvidia tnt2 or better video card should support 32bit)

cpoet 24 Dec 2005, 14:32

Well I guess I'm lucky, as I built my own and am running 2 7800 256
cards in the SLI array with a 3.6 Extreme Cpu 4 500MB Hard drives
and 4GB Memory In a Hand painted black case with Final Fantasy on one side. The side of the motherboard is open with a clear sheet of glass

I will try to post a pic when I can, Waiting for the keyboard and mouse
to match. It will be ready soon. From Smooth Creations

Cpoet

Zelda_Warrior 14 Jan 2006, 00:11

8-bit on my crap comp that im using right now and i have a 32-bit on my good comp

the 8-bit comp is terrible, it has a little less than 64 megs of ram and a 1 gb hard-drive. i use it for zc related stuff and also store some small files on it. the cpu in it is about 150 mhz pentium 1.

i also got an old apple comp that was one of the first of its type made, i forgot its name since i havent booted it up in about 4 years, but i dont use it at all anymore.

Sir_Johnamus 18 Jan 2006, 02:20

Don't be. Our old one only had 8-bit, a crappy internet, and a 6-gig hard-drive.
Our new has 32+ and good internet, so older still can be good.

VI3T_DR@GON 18 Jan 2006, 02:52

Ahh, but I own a 32 bit one, but my dad hasnt installed it yet. Awww...I want to play Rise Of Nations online, but my card is wayy to slow...Aww...But you are lucky.

djdarkx 05 Mar 2006, 01:16

32Bit w/ Anisotropic Filtering 2x and Anti-Alias 4xS set for anything, even games. NVIDIA GeForce2 Integrated GPU 32MB VRAM.

ZTC 07 Mar 2006, 17:49

*is curious as to why the question was asked*
the max with my computer (as far as I know) is 32-bit

Zelda_Warrior 08 Sep 2006, 21:43

just because your videocard has 128mbs of VIDEO MEMORY dosent mean u can run 128BIT color. 128bit color would be awesome. i think your card does 32 bit.

redmage777 06 Oct 2006, 18:15

Zelda_Warrior wrote:just because your videocard has 128mbs of VIDEO MEMORY dosent mean u can run 128BIT color. 128bit color would be awesome. i think your card does 32 bit.

Ok, for some reason I feel the need to explain how 24 and 32-Bit color works. Computers display colors based on 3 values Red, Blue, and Green. In 24-Bit color each of thes values is given 8-bits (For up to 256 levels of intencity) The colors mimic pure light, not die-- This means that adding more actually make the colors brighter, not darker. 32-Bit color uses the additional 8-bits to store the Alpha Channal data. 128-Bit Color would be somewhat pointless. The human eye has a hard enough time telling the differace between 0,128,255 and 0,127,255 zoomed in and close up.

Some paint programs feature a Cyan/Magenta/Yellow/Black option, it merely mimics the out put of a printer and is not a native display mode. The computer has to convert the Data to RGB color in order to display it. Games (or anything ment to be displayed on screen) should never use this images made in this color format. I don't know very much about the way it works, but since it mimics Dies the colors should get darker the higher the values are set.

Unless some one owns an extremly old PC you can bet they have 32-bit color. Its been the standard for 10+ years now. Not really grounds for Bragging anymore.

Some of the Professional cards feature more then 32-Bit color, used mostly for Print and Computer Animation industries, even then it is often overkill.

the master 123 14 Feb 2007, 08:06

I have a notebook with a nvidia geforce 7400 go way overkill for zeldaclassic and it support up to 32 bit. It has 128 mb ram plus 128 turbocache memory.