On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:07:48 -0400
Carl Fink <carl@finknetwork.com> wrote:
> NVIDIA driver downloaded today. "nvidia-settings" shows color
> depth as 24 bit and offers no way to change that.
>
> I know this chipset is capable of 32 bit depths. What am I missing?
You are missing 2 things:
1- color plans are 8 bits (except on very special cards),
2- after RGB, you also have the alpha plan (transparency),
which makes 4 plans, but it is a convention (pre-alpha?)
to only mention the RGB plans and not the alpha one; thus
RGB=3 x8 = 24bits.
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