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- From: kxj6@po.CWRU.Edu (Kijin Jung)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Subject: 24-bit Color
- Date: 9 Nov 1992 06:59:06 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- Reply-To: kxj6@po.CWRU.Edu (Kijin Jung)
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- I've always wondered why video card manufacturers would not allow more
- memory on their video cards. Since the number of colors is a function of
- the memory on board and not on the analog monitor, why couldn't ATI (or
- any manufacturer) set a maximum of more than 2MB so 24-bit color can be
- achieved at 1024x768?
-
- My first video card was a Paradise 1024, which was limited to 512K (1024x
- 768x16 colors) and I had always wanted to upgrade it to 1MB for 256
- colors. Now I have an ATI VGA Wonder+ with 1MB, and I wish it was possible
- to add more.
-
- Is the video chip itself a constraint? That is, a certain chip will only
- allow X number of colors? With a non-accelerated card such as mine, there
- will of course be a detrimental effect on speed performance if it was
- allowed to go up to 16 million colors, but it would be nice to have the
- option.
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