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    64-bit changed to 32-bit after increasing DPI??

    Discussion in 'HP' started by GDlux, Jan 31, 2008.

  1. GDlux

    GDlux Newbie

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    Compaq Presario V2000
    AMD Turion 64
    1.99GHz, 896 MB RAM
    ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
    XP Home 2002, Service Pack 2

    I didn't even think it was possible for a 64-bit system to switch to 32-bit. Am I wrong here?

    I changed the Display DPI from 96 to 120 to see if I liked it better..easier to read. I changed my mind and switched back to 96 DPI and noticed that my icons looked like crap. I looked at Control Panel->Appearance and Themes->Display->Settings - "Color Quality" and the highest available is 32-bit! 16-bit is also available.

    How do I rectify this issue?
     
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Color bit-ness and system bit-ness have nothing to do with each other.
     
    Lithus, Jan 31, 2008
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  3. blaznonion

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    thats not 64-bit subsystem thats the 32-bit color depth 32 is the highest available its all good
     
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  4. Fade To Black

    Fade To Black The Bad Ass

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    This has to be the coolest question I have read :).
     
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    I didn't know someone could get the color settings mixed up with the actual 32-bit and 64-bit architecture of the Operating System. Then again, I did read about a tech support call where a person was pointing their mouse at the monitor and couldn't get the mouse to move on the screen.............
     
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  6. Lithus

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    Now now, let's not be harsh.
     
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    Yeah, I understand that my 64-bit processor didn't revert to a 32-bit processor.

    I should have worded it:

    I didn't even think it was possible for a 64-bit system to switch to 32-bit color quality.

    I thought there was a correlation between the two but apparently there isn't. Obviously, I'm not knowledgeable on graphics...I just thought I remembered the color quality being set to 64-bit before switching to 120dpi so the apparent decrease in quality after switching back to 96dpi led me to believe that I had interfered with something and needed to repair or reinstall something. Now I know that thats not the case and 32-bit is the systems max for color quality.

    So would there be anything else I could check that might've changed when switching the dpi setting?
     
    GDlux, Jan 31, 2008
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    tinman2007 Notebook Consultant

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    64 bit color???????????


    I know I have some games such as motor cross that will switch from 32 bit to 16 bit graphics and change the dispaly from 1024 x 768 to 800 x 600 when the game is started and then when I exit the game. It changes back to 32 bit color and 1024 x 768 display res.
     
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    Lithus, Jan 31, 2008
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    might check to see if screen resoloution was changed .
     
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  11. GDlux

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    Resolution is unchanged.

    One thing I did notice was that Display->Appearance->Effects - "smooth screen fonts" had been turned off...makes a little difference.

    The only other thing I'm wondering is that under Display->Settings->Advanced->Color Management, the "Current Monitor" is set to "Generic Television" and "Default Monitor" is set to "None". Am I correct that the current/default should be "Plug and Play Monitor"? If so, I can't tell how to set it as the default.

    Also under Color Management, should there be any color profiles loaded into the "Color profiles associated with this device" box?
     
    GDlux, Jan 31, 2008
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