GDI question

[Hetz Ben-Hamo]

On 04 Feb 2003 10:29:02 +0000, Mike Hearn wrote
> > Yeah, the GDI is slow. I'd be interested to see a quote from one of the
> > Wine-based companies.
> 
> How much slower is it? I know it'll be slower than the MS native
> implementation simply because it's not been fully optimized, but most
> apps I run under Wine have perfectly acceptable graphics performance.
> The most noticable problems are related to flickering in fact. Are we
> talking raw API performance or real world stuff that users would notice?

Slow slow! try anything related to moving graphics (photoshop, macromedia, 
explorer with flash) the performance is VERY slow. Want to see how slow? 
install a Trident or a Cirrus Logic graphics card (ISA) and see the speed ;)

Thanks,
Hetz