On 4 Jan 00, at 10:55, Richard Rauch wrote:

> 
> Besides, I can bump up the resolution to my card's limit if I only use
> 8bpp, and some things are noticably faster.  (^&
> 

That partly depends on Your card and the cards memory, many 
cards today will support maximum resolution at maximum color depth 
and maximum refresh rate. On the other hand, depending on the 
drivers used, some cards run faster on higher color depth because 
the driver will use hardware acceleration more aggressive in higher 
color depth, but this often is a problem of MS OS with the 
manufacturers drivers.

mike