Screen resolution for Win64

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

Charlie
Tue May 27 21:48:15 PDT 2008

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
news:egvZinGwIHA.4772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> 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
>
>

Stefan
Tue May 27 23:06:11 PDT 2008

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

Tony
Wed May 28 02:07:12 PDT 2008


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
news:egvZinGwIHA.4772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> 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
>
>

Carlos
Wed May 28 06:47:01 PDT 2008

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
>
>
>

Colin
Wed May 28 10:28:16 PDT 2008

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
news:egvZinGwIHA.4772@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> 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
>
>