16 Bit color depth under Win 8.1

[DerBernd]

Hi,

I am wondering if it is possible to turn Windows 8.1 to 16 Bit color depth. I am running following machine:

AMD FX-4170
Gigabyte GA970A-D3
ATI/AMD Radeon HD6870
some RAM
some Drives

Video Drivers are (Danger translated from German to English, categorys might be named different in English)
Driver-Package Version 14.501.1003-141120a-178000C
Catalyst-Version: 14.12 AMD Catalyst Omega Software

I would like to be able to play hearts of iron 2 in windowed mode since I have three screens (1680x1050 and 2x (1280x1024) and since the engine is not optimized for anything else than 16 Bit and ancient resolutions. I know the second world war was a grim time, I do not want to make it any grimmer by introducing horrific scaling. To achieve that I need the mentioned 16 Bits of color depth.

Additional information: right-click to desktop, select a monitor -> Advanced Options -> list all modes does only produce 32 bit resolution options.

I hope I can solve this under Windows so that I do not have to use my linux Box for gaming (or get a second SSD for the gaming rig and let it run linux for the express purpose of playing games windowed).

[Thx And Bye]

Did you try to go to the properties ->  compatibility mode and select 16bit color depth there?

[DerBernd]

That worked. Thank you very much. I threw that idea out before because it could not possibly the solution, but turns out: it is.

 

Hm, how does one set a topic as answered/solved or do I need moderators privileges for that?

[Thx And Bye]

You can simply click on MARK SOLVED under my post. (right where the EDIT (in your posts) and REPORT buttons are)

[DerBernd]

Thanks a bunch. Now I can finally conquer the world again.