16 bit / 32 bit Color Display

I have always set my computer to 16 bit color, only expecting it would help performance and my eyes couldnt tell the difference.

Now when it is set to 16-bit the desktop icons colors are fucked up, and I have to have it at 32 bit for it to correctly display.

Is it even worth trying to fix? And if so how do I go around fixing it?

reload the drivers

16bit = banding

if your vid card has more than like 2mb of vram, use 32bit

[Paul2]

I switch between 16 bits and 32 bits and I couldn\'t tell a difference either.  Well, I do notice it seems like on 32 bits, I don\'t see much dittering and noises on some high quality images on close up.  But on casual viewing, I honestly couldn\'t tell a diffence either.

As for why your desktop icons color looks odd, I am not sure actually because its look the same to me whether i switch between 16 bits or 32 bits.

How about right click on the desktop and pick "refresh" and see if it fix the odd coloring.

Unless your PC is archaic, use 32-bit.

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

yea, the difference between 32bit and 16bit these days is nothing.  Just use 32bit.

[Jumpman]

what if i want to use 16 bit

do it

i hear sticking a fork in the wall socket is fun too.  please let me know if that\'s true

you\'ll notice the colour banding if you look at a colour range gradient with no dithering. the lines are very clearly defined.

Correctly. If you use a picture with black gradually fading into white, you\'ll notice lots of banding at 16bit coloring.

I remember the phenomenon very well from those 16bit console games which employed 3D CGi imagery. The surface lighting in that source material had just too high fidelity for 16bit consoles to handle.

[Titan]

Originally posted by mm
do it

i hear sticking a fork in the wall socket is fun too.  please let me know if that\'s true

I just tried it and it hurt

[Paul2]

On the color palette, its easier for me to see that 32 bits color looks smooth with the color gradiation than 16 bits gradiation.  I do notice color banding on 16 bits color, but was surprise  on 32 bits, i also see what also looks like color banding too, but it was definately smoother.  I believe its not 32 bits fault that i still see color banding, its just that it was design that way for the palette.

I cant tell a difference.

[Titan]

Maybe when you run something with high graphics, you notice a difference.

[Paul2]

(e),

Is your computer monitor LCD type?

fast response time LCD\'s are like 6 bit

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