Will Schoumaker wrote: >Well Nancy has come up with the best answer sofar! While perhaps all >the answers were correct in a way... No one mentioned you can get more >then 256 colors using the on board 1mb video! >I used my C500 for a long time without a PCi video card. I'm going by >memory here but here is what i remember. A lot will depend on the >monitor size you are using which you didn't give us in your question. >My Apple multi-sync 15 inch monitor did millions of colors (Yes !) at >640 x 480 settings and thousands of colors at 800x 600. You may have to >choice all settings rather then recommended settings in monitor >controls. A 17 in monitor maybe able to do thousands of colors at 640x >480 but 800x 600 would likely be 256 colors. Later Will S > > > > I assume that my C500 is stock excep for RAM and the hard drive. I have an HP 15 inch monitor. It looks like the only way to get more than 256 colors with the equipment I have is to drop back the refresh rate to 60hz @800x600 or change resolution back to 640x480 or less. Nothing offers me millions tho.
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