Has anyone done any tests to compare setting resolution to 32-bit versus 16-bit please? On an admittedly very brief test of my own I couldn't see any obvious difference in appearance. But I assume there must be a performance improvement if x16 is chosen?Also, what does 32-bit really mean? My image editor has a max of 24-bit, which allows over 16 million colours to be represented (2 to the power 24). Seems more than enough!BTW, I was surprised to find that the Help for Settings > Display > Full-screen resolution contains a basic error. It says:"The numbers in the Full screen resolution list indicate the number of pixels displayed as well as the depth of color. For example, 1024 x 768 x 32 refers to 1024 pixels x 768 pixels x 32 million colors." That's plainly wrong. If all bits were used for colour (which I suspect they're not in the case of 32-bit), that would give over 4 billion colours.--Terry, East Grinstead, UK

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

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

Yes, thanks Jim, I saw that. I subsequently found a good explanation of the distinction in this thread:http://www.motherboardpoint.com/g400-max-2...lor-t63512.htmlThat still leaves me curious whether anyone has seen any difference in either quality or performance.--Terry, East Grinstead, UK

That still leaves me curious whether anyone has seen any difference in either quality or performance.

I think there's a clear difference in quality, especially at sunset, where you (well, I at least) get wide bands of the same color in the sky, at 16 bit, which looks quite ugly. I see that a bit (no pun intended) with 32 bit depth as well, but not nearly as bad, as in the bands are much, much smaller.As for performance, I would assume 16 bit is faster, since it has half the amount of data, but I haven't done any testing of that.

As with DarkCharizma I see a difference in the sky colour near the horizon where the colour fades from sky blue to a lighter blue. 16 bit will produce bands of colour while 32 bit will produce a smoother result. Switching between 32 and 16 bit using the FSX settings will yield maybe 1fps improvement (if that) when running at about 40fps on my system.

Thanks both, appreciate the feedback. I'll stick with 32 then.--Terry, East Grinstead, UK