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Subject: 6-bit or 8-bit? Does it Matter for 3D Modeling?

Nyghtfall opened this issue on Dec 04, 2008 · 4 posts
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Nyghtfall ( ) posted Thu, 04 December 2008 at 11:36 AM · edited Wed, 29 January 2025 at 10:01 AM

Last night, I ordered a new 19" widescreen monitor that's capable of displaying only 16.2 million colors.  It's going to replace a 19" flat-screen CRT that I've been using for years.

It just occurred to me that, if I ever manage to figure out how best to organize my 3D content, I may have wanted to find an 8-bit monitor instead.  Unfortunately, I can't return the one I ordered if I don't like it.

Bear in mind, I'm strictly a hobbyist who has no experience with anything remotely related to graphics work.  I usually just play games, record and edit video clips.  At the moment, I'm still just trying to get my feet wet.

So, I'm left with a question that I'd like to ask all of you:

Is 8-bit all that important for 3D modeling?

GKDantas ( ) posted Thu, 04 December 2008 at 12:07 PM

look here to know more about this. Theres a difference between monitor view and image quality:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_depth

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Nyghtfall ( ) posted Thu, 04 December 2008 at 1:17 PM

Just read the article.

So, unless I plan on becoming a professional graphics artist - and I don't - then I'll be fine with a 6-bit display.

Thanks for the link.  It was very helpful.  I feel a lot better now.

:)

jestmart ( ) posted Thu, 04 December 2008 at 10:11 PM

16.2 million colors is 8-bit.  6-bit monitors only display 260 thousand-some-odd number colors.  I know this because I remember a law suit against Apple (I admit it, I'm a notorious Apple hater) for falsely claiming their 6-bit displays where capable of 'millions of colors'.

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