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+{{cvar}}
-BIT DEPTH -quantifies how many unique colors are available in an image's color palette in terms of the number of 0's and 1's, or "bits," which are used to specify each color.  This does not mean that the image necessarily uses all of these colors, but that it can instead specify colors with that level of precision.  For a grayscale image, the bit depth quantifies how many unique shades are available.  Images with higher bit depths can encode more shades or colors since there are more combinations of 0's and 1's available.
+===Note: This CVar is linked to [[CVar gxColorBits|gxColorBits]]. If you change this, [[CVar gxColorBits|gxColorBits]] should be the same setting.===
-<br>
-<br>
-<b>Values range used by wow 16, 24, 32.
-Default setting is 24.</b>
+This CVar controls how many unique colors are available in an image's color palette in terms of the number of 0's and 1's, or "bits," which are used to specify each color.  This does not mean that the image necessarily uses all of these colors, but that it can instead specify colors with that level of precision.  For a grayscale image, the bit depth quantifies how many unique shades are available.  Images with higher bit depths can encode more shades or colors since there are more combinations of 0's and 1's available.
-<br>
+==Default Setting==
-Bits Per Pixel | Number of Colors Available | Common Name(s)
+;24
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-:1 2 Monochrome <br>
-:2 4 CGA <br>
-:4 16 EGA <br>
-:8 256 VGA <br>
-:16 65536 XGA, High Color <br>
-:24 16777216 SVGA, True Color <br>
-:32 16777216 + Transparency <br>
-:48 281 Trillion <br>
-==Notes==
+==Possible Settings==
--bit color may not be supported any more since patch 3.1
+;16 :16-bit color - 65536 colors - XGA, High Color
+;24 :24-bit color - 16777216 colors - SVGA, True Color
+;32 :32-bit color - 24-bit color + Transparency
-[http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=16409720922&sid=1 blue poster on wow forums]
+==Changing this setting==
+This CVar requires a UI reload.
+In-game, type the following
+ /console gxDepthBits ''setting''
+ /console gxColorBits ''setting''
+ /console gxRestart
+Alternatively, you can exit wow, open the [[Config.wtf]] file, and add the following line:
+ SET gxDepthBits ''setting''
+ SET gxColorBits ''setting''
+==Notes on 16-bit setting==
+As of 3.1, 16-bit is no longer a valid setting in the Interface dropdown menu<ref>http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=16409720922&sid=1</ref>.  However, if you still need to use this setting due to a very low-end graphics card, you can via the in-game macro:
+ /console gxDepthBits 16
+ /console gxColorBits 16
+ /console gxRestart
+Be aware that this setting does NOT save when you shut down the game, and you'll have to run these lines every time you log in.
+==Patches==
+{{patch 3.1.0|note=16 bit color no longer in the Interface menu - can still manually set it however.}}
+{{patch 1.6.0|note=Added.}}
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+[[Category:Console variables|gxDepthBits]]