1-bit = 2 discrete positions, (On or Off). 2-bit = 4 discrete positions, (steps of 16384 in DirectX). 3-bit = 8 discrete positions, (steps of 8192 in DirectX). 4-bit = 16 discrete positions, (steps of 4096 in DirectX). 5-bit = 32 discrete positions, (steps of 2048 in DirectX). 6-bit = 64 discrete positions, (steps of 1024 in DirectX). 7-bit = 128 discrete positions, (steps of 512 in DirectX). 8-bit = 256 discrete positions, (steps of 256 in DirectX). 9-bit = 512 discrete positions, (steps of 128 in DirectX). 10-bit = 1024 discrete positions, (steps of 64 in DirectX). 11-bit = 2048 discrete positions, (steps of 32 in DirectX). 12-bit = 4096 discrete positions, (steps of 16 in DirectX). 13-bit = 8192 discrete positions, (steps of 8 in DirectX). 14-bit = 16384 discrete positions, (steps of 4 in DirectX). 15-bit = 32768 discrete positions, (steps of 2 in DirectX). 16-bit = 65536 discrete positions, (steps of 1 in DirectX).