You ask "are all z-buffers 16 bit". No, they aren't. The problem though
is that we can't really expect the end user to properly configure their
machine. One of the Sun engineers posted not long ago that the GeForce
cards use 16 bit z-buffer in 16 bit color modes and 32 bit z-buffers in
32 bit color modes. But the ATI does it differently. So we might get
away with asking our users (insisting) to set their PCs to 32 bit color
mode. But as we all know, many users still have trouble finding the
"anykey".
- John Wright
Starfire Research
"Noah J. Ternullo" wrote:
>
{snip}
> > - the ratio of back clip distance / front clip distance should be less
> > then 3000 (better < 1000) for 16-bit Z-Buffers (same docs).
> >
>
> Are all Z-Buffers 16 bit? Thanks for the tip, I need to read up on this,
> and how it limits me.
>
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