A graphics processor displays pixels in an image at non-uniform resolution,
using a maximum resolution in the interior of a surface in the image, and
a lower resolution at edges. Higher color resolution in the interior
eliminates color aliasing that would otherwise be caused if the interior
were displayed at the lower resolution. Lower resolution at the edges is
not noticeable to the human eye, and allows the graphics processor to use
one or more low resolution color signals in generating the displayed
image, thereby reducing hardware (e.g. memory locations required to store
such signals, and lines required to route such signals). One such
processor (not necessarily a graphics processor) includes a resolution
reducer and a resolution enhancer that respectively reduce and enhance the
resolution of a signal. Specifically, the resolution reducer reduces the
resolution of a high resolution signal to generate a low resolution
signal. The resolution enhancer enhances the low resolution signal to
generate a signal (called "enhanced resolution signal") having the same
number of bits as the high resolution signal. One such resolution reducer
simply drops a number of least significant bits to generate a low
resolution signal, and the corresponding resolution enhancer passes, as
the enhanced resolution signal, the low resolution signal and the
above-described number of least significant bits of a high resolution
signal. The enhanced resolution signal is not a significant aspect of one
embodiment because in some embodiments the low resolution signal and the
high resolution signal are used directly.