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To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (1177)	6/8/1998 2:01:00 PM
From: Sean W. Smith	Respond to of 14778

>>2MB is all you need as long as it is all allocated to 2D. With 2 MB RAM you can run 800x600 and 32 bit color ( 16.8 million colors) I run 1024x768 and 16 bit color on a 17 in monitor. Its good for graphics but not necessary for non graphic applications.<< There is a big difference in the speed at which a window is drawn when using 24 bit color ( 16.8 million colors ) and 8 bit color ( 256 colors ). 8 bit color is much faster than a 24 bit color and is better suited for a trade station. You can easily compare the speed of 8 bit and 24 bit color by running Freecell with your video display configured for 8 bit and 24 bit color and comparing the speed at which cards are moved of the playing area at the end of a winning game. Not necessarily true. The last video controller design I worked on worked exactly the same speed at any color depth because of how we interleave memory banks. With today's accellerators its a non issue. Any el cheapo video accellerator is more than adequate for 99% of the 2D applications out there... Sean