Comment #9 on issue 12587 by [email protected]: Consider using DirectDraw to manage the RenderWidgetHost's backingstore. http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=12587
I share all the excitement of the brave new GPU world. But some words of caution are in order. DirectWrite: renders fonts differently from GDI. We mostly aim to be pixel compatible with webkit so deviations here are a PITA. Certainly the advertised feature set is very desirable. Direct2D: faster than GDI+ but not everywhere. The showcase is heavily weighted towards 4x AA splines and other compute intensive stuff. In many simpler raster operations GDI is as fast or faster *if* you include the time that takes to setup the and batch the stuff to the GPU. Both are fairly new, we'll be basically dogfooding Microsoft brand new graphics backend. From painful previous experience we have little leverage if we find a showstopper say a BSOD. -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings -- Automated mail from issue updates at http://crbug.com/ Subscription options: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-bugs
