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From: tinyguy@cs.mcgill.ca (Yeo-Hoon BAE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Colorburst and Animation
Message-ID: <1991Mar15.193235.2926@cs.mcgill.ca>
Date: 15 Mar 91 19:32:35 GMT
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One thing I always wondered about 24bit cards:

 Is it really necessary to use all 24 bits?
 From quick calculation, 18 bits are more than enough to
 display 640x400 screen with every pixel having different
 colors. So why not have 24 bit palettes and use 18 bits
 or less for the lower resolutions? This should give some
 improvements to the overall animation performance...


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