Some video cards are slower in 24-bit mode, because the accesses aren't aligned to the natural boundaries of the memory. You waste 1/4 of the memory in 32-bit mode, but you get a speed improvement. It's possible that your card works differently, though. But either way, there's no difference in appearance. -- Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco Paul mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com > From: Imagesharp > > Does it make no difference if I set my Windows display settings > to 24 bit or > 32 bit color when working in Photoshop. 24 bit mode gives me > higher screen > resolution with a faster refresh rate. Visually I can't tell a difference > on my monitor. - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.