16 bit color in N4??

Up front, here are my system specs: PIII 800 256MB RAM 40GB ATA66 64MB GeForce DDR I've been getting anywhere from 20 to 30 fps. I've read on several posts that running 16 bit color will dramatically improve fps. My problem is when I go to change my graphics setting, when I select OpenGL, all I get are options for 32 bit color. How do you select 16 bit color? Thanks for any help. Brett

You have to change your desktop to 16 bit -- Kevin Anderson [email hidden] "Brett Turley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9866gn$bvp$[email hidden]... > Up front, here are my system specs: > > PIII 800 > 256MB RAM > 40GB ATA66 > 64MB GeForce DDR > > I've been getting anywhere from 20 to 30 fps. I've read on several posts > that running 16 bit color will dramatically improve fps. My problem is when > I go to change my graphics setting, when I select OpenGL, all I get are > options for 32 bit color. > > How do you select 16 bit color? > > Thanks for any help. > > Brett > >

Change your desktop resolution to 16 bit and then reconfigure, that should get 16 bit choice.

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> Up front, here are my system specs: > > PIII 800 > 256MB RAM > 40GB ATA66 > 64MB GeForce DDR > > I've been getting anywhere from 20 to 30 fps. I've read on several posts > that running 16 bit color will dramatically improve fps. My problem is

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> I go to change my graphics setting, when I select OpenGL, all I get are > options for 32 bit color. > > How do you select 16 bit color? > > Thanks for any help. > > Brett > >

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In article <9866gn$bvp$[email hidden]>, Brett Turley <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Up front, here are my system specs: > >PIII 800 >256MB RAM >40GB ATA66 >64MB GeForce DDR > >I've been getting anywhere from 20 to 30 fps. I've read on several posts >that running 16 bit color will dramatically improve fps. My problem is when >I go to change my graphics setting, when I select OpenGL, all I get are >options for 32 bit color. > >How do you select 16 bit color?

You'll have to set your desktop to 16 bits for N4 to work in 16 bit mode in OpenGL. Or, if you don't want to do this, you can try N4Assistant, which has an option of switching desktop to 16 bits before launching N4 and then switching back to your original bit depth after N4 exists. You can get N4Assistant from: http://www.kolumbus.fi/samuli.takala/N4Assistant.html Just be sure to read the 16-bit part of the readme so you know how to set it up correctly. Samppa -- Samuli Takala [email hidden], Finnish GPL Championships: fgplc.figc.net