TFT Monitors - Colours?

[ChristopherP]

Hey all...

Just took an order for a new gaming PC for a mate. Budget was £900 all in so i ordered up parts for a very reasonable system... for all of you who are nosey:

Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe Wifi
Retail 3200+ Barton 400FSB
1Gb (2x512) Corsair Value PC3200 C2.5
Evesham Radeon 9800pro 128Mb
120Gb Samsung S-ATA HDD
CDrw/DVD Combo
Floppy Drive
Black/Silver midi tower
430w Power Supply
Couple of rounded cables
Couple of LED fans
Windows XP home SP2 OEM
Black keyboard
Blue optical mouse
1000w Trust sound system 2.1
17" TFT Screen in black/silver 14ms response

What i was wondering is this. I noticed a small while ago today that the TFT monitor i ordered is capable of displaying 16.2 Million colours... The majority of the others can display 16.7 Million colours... Ok, i thought to myself, Christof you are in deep feaces, this is a gaming machine, the colours better be good or your getting a bottom kicking!!

But i read reviews of some other 16.2 colour TFT's from big names such as samsung and acer and they all got awesome gaming reviews... Phew me thinks to meself...

Could anyone enlighten me on what this actually means?

Here is the full spec. Does this look OK for gaming (i mean is this as good as you will get for £222 gaming wise??)

Size17 inch (Diagonal 43.2 cm)
Resolution1280 x 1024 / SXGADisplay
Colours16.2 M supported
Pixel PitchHorizontal 0.264mm x Vertical 0.264mm
Brightness370 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio350:1
Viewing AngleHorizontal 160-degrees / Vertical 120-degrees
Response Time14ms (TR 4ms / TF 10ms)
Display AreaHorizontal 337.9mm x Vertical 270.34mm
Input ConnectorD-SubAudioPhone Jack, d=3.5mmDC
AdapterAC100~240Volts, 60/50 +- 3Hz
Dimensions400mm(W) x 388mm(H) x 192mm(D)

Cheers all. Chris