[SOLVED] Windows shows display as 8 bit, display adapter says it's 32 bit and HWinfo says it;s 6 bit- what's going on here?

[sds20020024]

This is an old laptop from around 2011, with a pentium p6200 and no dedicated GPU, and I was fiddling around in the display settings when I saw that differenet programs show the built in display as having different bit depths.

Windows display properties shows the bit depth is 8 bit .

https://imgur.com/QmBB1tS

View: https://imgur.com/QmBB1tS


The display adapter 'list all modes' list shows that it's running at 32 bits, (

https://imgur.com/zi6CFiU

View: https://imgur.com/zi6CFiU
, and no matter what option I choose, windows display adapter properties (

https://imgur.com/QmBB1tS

View: https://imgur.com/QmBB1tS
) still shows the display is 8 bits.

And HWinfo shows that bits per primary color is 6 bits. (

https://imgur.com/ew9tikZ

View: https://imgur.com/ew9tikZ
)
Which means bits per pixel is 18 bits?

I am confused as to what the actual bits per channel and bits per pixel of this monitor is.
Anyone know what's going on here?

 

[Glenwing]

(answered here)