Screen resolution for Win64

[Guest xcal]

Hi group,

 

As Win64 has a better memory management, I suppose that

windows screen options are enhanced also, isnt it?

 

For example, normally in Win32 u have

Colors 256 colors, 16bits, 32 bits

1024x768 pixels or 1280 x 800 pixels

 

so, the next for Win64 would be

Colors 64 bits and something like to say,

2000x1000 pixels

 

comments, ideas?

 

thanks, Carlos

[Guest Charlie Russel - MVP]

Re: Screen resolution for Win64

 

Screen resolution has nothing to do with the RAM on the PC, and everything

to do with the video memory on your video card. I have dual 1650x1080

resolution here, with 32-bit colour. I'd have exactly the same resolution

with 32-bit Windows.

 

--

Charlie.

http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64

http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

 

 

"xcal" <a@a.com> wrote in message

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> Hi group,

>

> As Win64 has a better memory management, I suppose that

> windows screen options are enhanced also, isnt it?

>

> For example, normally in Win32 u have

> Colors 256 colors, 16bits, 32 bits

> 1024x768 pixels or 1280 x 800 pixels

>

> so, the next for Win64 would be

> Colors 64 bits and something like to say,

> 2000x1000 pixels

>

> comments, ideas?

>

> thanks, Carlos

>

>

[Guest Stefan Pendl]

Re: Screen resolution for Win64

 

On Tue, 27 May 2008 21:48:15 -0700, "Charlie Russel - MVP"

<charlie@mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> wrote:

>Screen resolution has nothing to do with the RAM on the PC, and everything

>to do with the video memory on your video card. I have dual 1650x1080

>resolution here, with 32-bit colour. I'd have exactly the same resolution

>with 32-bit Windows.

 

I can confess this.

We moved from Windows XP Pro to Windows XP Pro x64 Edition and did not

change the screen resolution in any way.

There have not been any new setting for colour depth or size, since we

did not change the monitors and there is no 64bit colour depth.

 

---

Stefan Pendl

 

Windows XP Pro SP 2

Celeron M 1.3 GHz

752 MB DDR RAM

[Guest Tony Sperling]

Re: Screen resolution for Win64

 

As has been said - Graphics Card, Video Memory, Monitor and Graphics Driver

is determining your resolution. My nVidia driver, as an example, has an

option to 'hide' resolution options and screen updating frequencies that the

monitor does not support. Yours may have the same, so you don't see all the

options that your combined hardware is capable of.

 

 

Tony. . .

 

 

"xcal" <a@a.com> wrote in message

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> Hi group,

>

> As Win64 has a better memory management, I suppose that

> windows screen options are enhanced also, isnt it?

>

> For example, normally in Win32 u have

> Colors 256 colors, 16bits, 32 bits

> 1024x768 pixels or 1280 x 800 pixels

>

> so, the next for Win64 would be

> Colors 64 bits and something like to say,

> 2000x1000 pixels

>

> comments, ideas?

>

> thanks, Carlos

>

>

[Guest Carlos]

RE: Screen resolution for Win64

 

Hi, Carlos!

Human eye can differentiate up to 24-bit colour combinations (a little over

16 million colors).

The current 32-bit colour depth is far beyond that limit so 64-bit colour

would make no sense.

As the other buddies said it is only up to the graphic card chipset and

monitor (CRT or LCD) the task of giving you greater resolutions (horizontal x

vertical pixels) and higher refresh rates, though anything above 80 frames x

sec would not be noticeable by the naked eye.

 

:)

Carlos

 

"xcal" wrote:

> Hi group,

>

> As Win64 has a better memory management, I suppose that

> windows screen options are enhanced also, isnt it?

>

> For example, normally in Win32 u have

> Colors 256 colors, 16bits, 32 bits

> 1024x768 pixels or 1280 x 800 pixels

>

> so, the next for Win64 would be

> Colors 64 bits and something like to say,

> 2000x1000 pixels

>

> comments, ideas?

>

> thanks, Carlos

>

>

>

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: Screen resolution for Win64

 

Color depth has nothing to do with the bitness of the OS or hardware. Color

depth is a function of the software and the video card. Color depth is

based on the ability of the human eye and brain to differentiate colors. As

Carlos points out it would do no good to have color depth greater than 32bit

because the system doesn't even use color depth. It is strictly a visual

phenomenon (for the human eye). It is like choosing colors to paint your

house. It makes no difference to the house, just the human who lives there.

 

"xcal" <a@a.com> wrote in message

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> Hi group,

>

> As Win64 has a better memory management, I suppose that

> windows screen options are enhanced also, isnt it?

>

> For example, normally in Win32 u have

> Colors 256 colors, 16bits, 32 bits

> 1024x768 pixels or 1280 x 800 pixels

>

> so, the next for Win64 would be

> Colors 64 bits and something like to say,

> 2000x1000 pixels

>

> comments, ideas?

>

> thanks, Carlos

>

>