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Travis Swift
October 4th 04, 10:23 AM
I take it the formula to work out how much video memory
you need is:

Desktop resolution width x Height x Color Depth in bits /
8 (to convert bits to byte)

i.e. 800x600x8/8 (for 800x600px, 256 colors ie 8bit)
1024x768x16/8 (for 1024x768px, 16.7m colors ie 16bit)

Is this correct?