At 14:59 -0700 on 16/08/02, Ed Murphy wrote: >--- David Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>For "* 1600x1200 up to 24-bit (1600 only)" to be true, the 1600 at >> least >> >>would have had to have more than 4 MBs of SGRAM. >> > >> >Yet it doesn't. Strange, huh? >> >> Not so strange, at least ssuming you're right. Although 5.5 MBs of >> memory >> is required to store a 1600x1200 bitmap, the card just has to draw a >> portion of the image to the screen each time it refreshes memory. Cut >> in >> half, it could theoreticlly get by with 3 MBs of VRAM. > >As long as we're guessing, my guess is that the card does not do 24 bit >at it's maximum resolution. If it could only do 16bit at 1600x1200, >that would take just under 4mb. The phrase "1600x1200 up to 24 bit" >should be taken as two separate statements; it can do 1600x1200, it can >do up to 24 bit. Probably not both at the same time.
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