On 2000-11-06 04:01:53, Marcelo Ramos wrote: > On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 12:52:37PM +0100, Jonathan Gift wrote: > > Hi, > > > > While I realise you can have many different color depths, I remember reading > > (but am not sure) that 32bpp is the Linux default... assuing the card > > supports it. > > > > I just want to check if that's so and what difference that makes with 24 > > bit, sice the number of colors is the same? > > > > The number of colors is not the same. > > With 24bpp you have the color of each pixel represented by a binary number with > 24 bits (bit = 0 or 1), then you have 2^24 = 16.777.216 colors. > > With 32bpp you have the color of each pixel represented by a binary number with > 32 bits, then you have 2^32 = 4.294.967.296 colors. ... and how many pixels do you have on your screen? /Allan -- Allan M. Wind email: allanwind@mediaone.net P.O. Box 2022 finger: awind@digit-safe.dyndns.org (GPG/PGP) Woburn, MA 01888-0022 USA
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