Graphics Card Setting The Display Settings of your graphics card can change how well subtle variations in shading are displayed. The table below shows how you might expect this pattern to appear for various graphic card settings. The source image is 24-bits deep. |
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Graphic Card Setting in bits |
Number of Colours | Display Appearance |
| 8 | 256 | Severe banding of the image, no smooth transitions. |
| 16 | 65,563 | Moderate banding of the image, transitions are not smooth, and false boundaries are created. |
| 24 | 16,777,216 | Almost inperceptual banding of the image, transitions are smooth. No perceivable false boundaries. |
| 32 | 4,294,967,296 | Transitions are completely smooth. |