On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 01:41:22AM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:

On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 11:10:02AM -0500, Clint Adams wrote:

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If your graphics controller is limited by memory bandwidth, the maximum pixel
clock depends on the number of bits per pixels, since larger pixels mean more
memory bandwidth.

I'm unclear on the differences between 24 bpp and 32 bpp and how this
relates to internal pixmap format.

Some hardware uses a "packed-pixel format"; that is, 4 24-bit pixels are
encoded in 3 32-bit words (what Intel calls "DWORDS", I think).

Yeah, DWORDS, because they are stil living in the era of 16bit hardware :)

Other hardware tosses in a zero byte with every 32-bit "DWORD" transfer.

Well, the permedia2 should support both formats, depending on chosen
mode.

Friendly,

Sven Luther


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