red green blue alpha depth buffer stencil buffer
16 BPP 5 6 5 0(?) 16(?) ?
24 BPP 8 8 8 0(?) 24(?) ?
32 BPP 8 8 8 8 24(?) 8Color depths
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I've been looking around for a while, but I can't find any information (maybe I'm just stupid, could be) on how many bits for everything is used at different "bits per pixel".
I'm wondering if my "table" below is correct,a nd what the ?'s should be.
Actually, you are right in a sense, and yet not.
Because, at least when using Direct3D, you can select what each depth should contain, such as R5G5B6 (for R:5 B:5 G:5), or perhaps X1R5G5B5, or you chould use 24D8S (depth:24 stencil:8)... and so on.
Check the Direct3D for documentation on backbuffers and a like and you will see.
So as you pointed out, the bits are just spread out in the different fields according to the format.
from DX documentation:
D3DFMT_D24S8 - 32-bit z-buffer bit depth using 24 bits for the depth channel and 8 bits for the stencil channel.
D3DFMT_R8G8B8 - 24-bit RGB pixel format with 8 bits per channel.
D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8 - 32-bit ARGB pixel format with alpha, using 8 bits per channel.
D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8 - 32-bit RGB pixel format, where 8 bits are reserved for each color.
Because, at least when using Direct3D, you can select what each depth should contain, such as R5G5B6 (for R:5 B:5 G:5), or perhaps X1R5G5B5, or you chould use 24D8S (depth:24 stencil:8)... and so on.
Check the Direct3D for documentation on backbuffers and a like and you will see.
So as you pointed out, the bits are just spread out in the different fields according to the format.
from DX documentation:
D3DFMT_D24S8 - 32-bit z-buffer bit depth using 24 bits for the depth channel and 8 bits for the stencil channel.
D3DFMT_R8G8B8 - 24-bit RGB pixel format with 8 bits per channel.
D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8 - 32-bit ARGB pixel format with alpha, using 8 bits per channel.
D3DFMT_X8R8G8B8 - 32-bit RGB pixel format, where 8 bits are reserved for each color.
There are several possible formats for each bit depth. Here is the MSDN page that describes all the pixel formats that D3D supports: D3DFORMAT
GLFW lets you specify all of those components seperately in glfwOpenWindow. If the video card driver doesn't support the combination you supplied (unlikely unless you did something wacky) then GLFW will choose the closest mode.
There is no table that maps bpp to the depth and stencil buffer, there isn't really any relation between the two. Is there a reason you need anything other than the standard 32 bpp color, 32bpp depth screen format?
There is no table that maps bpp to the depth and stencil buffer, there isn't really any relation between the two. Is there a reason you need anything other than the standard 32 bpp color, 32bpp depth screen format?
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