Re: [pygame] Re: I'm getting BSOD while using PyGame.

2007-11-19 Thread Ian Mallett
On 11/15/07, Casey Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would think not, presumably on a true HWSURFACE that would require > a round-trip to the graphics card, whereas on a SWSURFACE it just > needs to grab it from RAM. But isn't that what it has to do anyway? I mean, doesn't it have to send the

Re: [pygame] Re: I'm getting BSOD while using PyGame.

2007-11-15 Thread Ian Mallett
I know this is a little off topic, but what is the fastest surface to use .get_at() on? Should it be HWSURFACE, etc.? Ian

Re: [pygame] Re: I'm getting BSOD while using PyGame.

2007-11-15 Thread Casey Duncan
I would think not, presumably on a true HWSURFACE that would require a round-trip to the graphics card, whereas on a SWSURFACE it just needs to grab it from RAM. Also 32bpp may be faster than 24bpp, word alignment and all that... At any rate YMMV, and timeit is your friend 8^) -Casey On N