On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have recently attained a MAG 570FD monitor to use with my laptop. I can't
> seem to use the highest definition for the monitor. For instance, I can get
> the 1280x1024 resolution to work on 8 bits-per-pixel (bpp) but it will only do
> 1024x768 with16bpp and even less with 24bpp. My question is, is this a
> vodeochip problem? I only have 4M of video memory. More bpp means more memory
> needed right? If you put pencil to paper you get 2,621,440 megabytes for the
> 1280x1024 resolution in 16bpp definition. Well within the 4M memory capacity.
>
> Here are the stats:
>
> Videochipset is Chips and Technologies 655554.
> 4M video memory.
>
It may be a chipset limitation. Check with C&T and find out
what it's maximum color depth/resolution is. Typically as
resolution goes up, color depth goes down. Thus, 1280x1024
may only be available at 8bpp. It's generally (in my
experience) an inverse relationship between color depth and
resolution.
John
