On Saturday, October 06, 2012 02:44:56 AM Felix Miata wrote:
The "right" bit rate is usually the highest rate supported by the display for the selected resolution, assuming the gfxcard supports it with enough speed and RAM. The "right" bit rate for you depends on your visual acuity, the distance between your eyes and display surface, screen size, resolution, dot pitch, and the condition and other specifications of the display. People with old tired eyes are unlikely to tell any difference in bit rates between 15 and 32, same as younger people with poorer than average acuity. With older slower hardware, 15 or 16 bits instead of 24 or 32 may result in a perceptible speed difference, but this is far more a function of the gfxcard than the display.
How to find out the preferred screen size which is normally recognized by the setup program automatically.
# xrandr in an xterm should be all you need to find out what X thinks your monitor supports. EDID is where it's supposed to come from, but it isn't 100% reliable, particularly in old displays, CRTs especially. X deposits the EDID info it finds in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_depth
Thanks Felix. That was just what I was looking for. Already had the idea that my old eyes would not see difference. Am grateful that I found the answers in your wide knowledge. Regards, Constant -- Linux User 183145 using KDE4 on a Pentium IV , powered by openSUSE 12.3 Milestone 0 (i586) Kernel: 3.6.0-rc7-1-desktop KDE Development Platform: 4.9.2 "release 511") 15:09pm up 14:33, 3 users, load average: 1.46, 1.06, 0.97 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org