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C. D. or David,

I'm planning to upgrade from my old huey Pantone to Spyder3 for monitor calibration on an HP LP2275 monitor.  However, looking at the minimum requirements, I may need to upgrade my video card first, but I'm not certain of terminology.  Your Express & Pro versions require a 16-bit video card, while the Elite requires a 24-bit.  My current card is a NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS, which I think may have 10-bits/channel, making it either a 10-bit card?  Must I upgrade the video card before using any of your Spyder3 display products?

I've had good success with Spyder3 Print and would like to stick with you guys for display work.    

Thanks

On Oct 24, 2010, at 7:39 PM, edknightphoto wrote:

> I'm planning to upgrade from my old huey Pantone to Spyder3 for monitor calibration on an HP LP2275 monitor.  However, looking at the minimum requirements, I may need to upgrade my video card first, but I'm not certain of terminology.  Your Express & Pro versions require a 16-bit video card, while the Elite requires a 24-bit.  My current card is a NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS, which I think may have 10-bits/channel, making it either a 10-bit card?  Must I upgrade the video card before using any of your Spyder3 display products?

10 bits/channel is a 30 bit card; thats more than sufficient.

C. David Tobie
Global Product Technology Manager
Digital Imaging & Home Theater
CDTobie@...

Thanks for the clarification.  What really confused me was the reference to a 16-bit card as 16/3 is not an integer.  No response necessary... 

--- In datacolor_group@yahoogroups.com, C D Tobie <CDTobie@...> wrote:

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> On Oct 24, 2010, at 7:39 PM, edknightphoto wrote:
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> > I'm planning to upgrade from my old huey Pantone to Spyder3 for monitor calibration on an HP LP2275 monitor.  However, looking at the minimum requirements, I may need to upgrade my video card first, but I'm not certain of terminology.  Your Express & Pro versions require a 16-bit video card, while the Elite requires a 24-bit.  My current card is a NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS, which I think may have 10-bits/channel, making it either a 10-bit card?  Must I upgrade the video card before using any of your Spyder3 display products?
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> 10 bits/channel is a 30 bit card; thats more than sufficient.
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> C. David Tobie
> Global Product Technology Manager
> Digital Imaging & Home Theater
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