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Re: true color executor/D



In article <4e5gg2$f6@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu> wmagro@msc.cornell.edu (William Magro) writes:
>The catch here is that the 256 colors of VGA are chosen from a palette
>of 256k (or fewer) colors with standard VGA cards.  Since each gray
>must have equal components of red, green, and blue, this reduces the
>effective number of true grays to 64 [=262144^(1/3)].  It takes a
>24-bit D/A converter (8-bits in each channel) to generate 256 grays.
>
>In the end, the number of grays you can generate depends on the bitness
>of your DAC and the smarts of the video driver.

Does this mean that with the right video card it is possible to get 
256 grayscale on executor now?  I ask because I am thinking about getting
a new video card (leading contender, #9 771).  

Thanks...Gerry


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