Nicolas Boulay wrote:
Hello,
If i want to use "pure" 2D. What is the fastest choice ? Xlib give
some very impressive numbers , but it's quite old. Opengl is fast but
a good 3D card are needed.
I'd go for OpenGL. First, it will be faster than X if you have
any kind of 3D driver installed, and even if the card is an
antique like an nVidia TNT2.
If you look under the hood of your X Windows system, especially
one with a compositing window manager like Korora or Novells
Compiz, you may find it's implemented on top of OpenGl anyway!
If soo it won't matter whether you use X or OpenGL.
Plus X Windows, even with 'modern' extensions like Xrender,
is a pain in the neck to program. OpenGL is much nicer and
more productive.
--
Hugh Fisher
DCS, ANU
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