diff --git a/indra/newview/pipeline.cpp b/indra/newview/pipeline.cpp
index f8ab68e57d75e097b215e2cc1a3849a0b1b28353..7f42fb71e4e1659e34f33cd4275cb13a8408f0e6 100644
--- a/indra/newview/pipeline.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/pipeline.cpp
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ bool LLPipeline::allocateScreenBuffer(U32 resX, U32 resY, U32 samples)
 		if (!mRT->occlusionDepth.allocate(resX/occlusion_divisor, resY/occlusion_divisor, 0, TRUE, FALSE, LLTexUnit::TT_RECT_TEXTURE, FALSE, samples)) return false;
 		if (!addDeferredAttachments(mRT->deferredScreen)) return false;
 	
-		GLuint screenFormat = GL_RGBA;
+		GLuint screenFormat = GL_RGBA16;
         
 		if (!mRT->screen.allocate(resX, resY, screenFormat, FALSE, FALSE, LLTexUnit::TT_RECT_TEXTURE, FALSE, samples)) return false;
 		if (samples > 0)