Operation
Table 4-2 Alpha Supported Pixel Formats on PowerStorm 300 Device
Pixel Format
Pixel Type
Double Buffered
Stereo
Draw to Window
Draw to Bitmap
Support GDI
Support OpenGL
Generic Pixel Format
Need Palette
Need System Palette
Swap Exchange
Swap Copy
Swap Layer Buffers
Generic Accelerated
Color Bits
Red Bits
Red Shift
Green Bits
Green Shift
Blue Bits
Blue Shift
Alpha Bits
Alpha Shift
Accum Bits
Depth Bits
Stencil Bits (*)
Reserved (Support Overlays)
Auxiliary Buffers
*
Availability of pixel formats with overlay and/or stencil planes can be disabled using the Display
Application.
4–8 PowerStorm 300 Graphics Options Windows NT and Hardware Installation
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2
3
RGBA
RGBA
RGBA
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
24
24
24
8
8
8
16
16
16
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
48
48
48
24
24
24
0
0
4
0 (No)
0 (No)
0 (No)
0
0
0
4
RGBA
No
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
24
8
16
8
8
8
0
0
0
48
24
4
0 (No)
0