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Coding > Do 256 color sprites take longer to draw than 16 color?

#1564 - regularkid - Mon Jan 20, 2003 6:54 am

Do 256 color spites take up more procession time than 16 color sprites?
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#1569 - dummer Anf?nger - Mon Jan 20, 2003 10:26 am

Since all thoose data is allready in VRAM it make not realy difference (i think).
But 16 color data is smaler so u can copy them faster to vram.
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#1573 - Kay - Mon Jan 20, 2003 12:09 pm

Displaying 16 or 256 colors sprites take the same processing time to LCD hardware.
But as dummer Anf?nger says, 256 colors sprites are twice bigger than 16 colors sprites, and take more ressources to transfer to VRAM.


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