BW> At 11:18 AM 9/4/99 , John D. Penberthy wrote:

>>My brother is now getting into photography, and is scanning, editing and
>>printing photos.  What is a better 2D card for him?  Somthing along the
>>lines of a Matrox G400?  Or an ATI multi-card.  (So far video input not a
>>concern.)

BW> He will want to be able to set the display to 32bit true color for the
BW> clearest view.

As of now, no operating system uses the alpha field /1\ of a 32-bit
mode, consequently the 32-bit mode will not give any better image
quality over a 24-bit mode. It may work faster due to "32-bitness" of
the CPU and the buses, but this is not always true - this depends on the
software used as well!

32-bit mode is (probably) only used by 3D-accelerators that take
advantage of the alpha field.

/1\ (alpha mode) - transparency value of the pixel, 256 levels between
    transparent and opaque.

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