Hi Jean-Marc,
> I would like to know if the Java 2D API takes advantage of the graphic card
> in my computer. If I have to render an image will it be faster with a good
> graphic card
The current implementation of the API primarily uses DirectDraw to talk
to the video memory of the display card directly. The best performance
will be realized on computers and display cards that utilize a fast bus
between the computer and the card such as AGP 2x.
For simple rendering (the APIs in the Graphics class without any use of
new attributes in the Graphics2D class), GDI is used to draw to the screen
so any card with decent GDI performance will perform as well with Java.
For rendering to images or rendering using any of the more complex 2D
attributes in the Graphics2D class, software rendering algorithms are
used to perform the operations and so a fast video bus helps there as
well...
...jim
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