Is the traffic directly related to the pixel density? ie 1280 x 1024 hasabout 50% more pixels. Does this mean the X stream will be 50% larger?This will be a consideration if I put 30-40 clients on the same network.I can turn the color down to 16 bit if that helps. Also, any idea how much more server resources it would take?
Yes, generally the network traffic and the client VRAM requirements are based on the number of pixels times the color depth. 1600x1200 is four times more pixels than 800x600, and going from 16 to 32 bits of color would also probably have the same impact. Since X is fairly low level (IIRC), increases in either pixels or color depth will have a relatively proportional impact on the LAN traffic. Feel free to correct me if I have anything wrong here.