Re: still stuck xf86config
Chad Huneycutt <[email protected]> Mon, 07 Oct 2002 09:10:21 -0400
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Kerin Millar wrote: <XF86Config Screen Section snipped> > Stirling advice. Just dropping this reply in for Wilson to mention that, > if possible, you should set your "DefaultDepth" to 32 or 24 so that you > get so-called "Truecolor" for a photo-realistic colour palette and the > perfect display of images. 32/24-bit modes should give you the same > amount of colours but the pixel formats are different and some cards > force you to use 24-bit instead of 32-bit. I think the only reason you > would not want to have these modes is if you have a really old > video-card and you need to preserve VRAM and get more performance. Or if you have a laptop display that can't do any better anyway :-). Honestly, I don't notice the difference between 16 bit and the higher color depths. And some programs balk on 24 and 32 bit color. Chad