Do modern games take advantage of 10bpp or 12bpp?

[sphinx99]

I've been wondering whether there is any advantage to utilizing a 10- or 12-bits per pixel&&color channel setting if my system supports it and I am not doing any color-critical photo or video work. Or I suppose the more apropos question is, are there any disadvantages to taking advantage of it?

I tried running some benchmarks at 8bpp and 10bpp and could not discern a performance negative to enabling the higher color depth, even if my eyesight apparently is not good enough to discern a difference.

 

[cjcox]

24bit color (rgb x 8pp) has been the "norm" for so long... I mean, for video, people want HDR10 possibly. Not sure about what the extra bits will bring to gaming in general. There are too many other "more important" things to most gamers.

I think for it to "matter" you'd have to have delicate color transitions that are "important". And I just don't see that.

 

[kalston]

Not yet.

Even games with HDR support still mostly seem to be just 8bit (and often have very noticeable banding if you use a high quality display).