Author: Albert Silver
Date: 08:17:41 10/12/05
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On October 12, 2005 at 07:48:51, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On October 11, 2005 at 02:27:33, A. Zanchetta wrote: > >>Hi Albert, >> >>>I discovered (oddly enough) that I get different times depending on whether I am >>>using the 3/4 board with a toolbar on the right, or the full-sized board. I >>>double-checked this BTW. >> >>The X50v has a great processor but a really bad performance in 2D (there are 3D >>games very impressive but they are not accessing the screen the way standard >>apps do) so if PGM has to make more screen updates, it could explain the >>difference. >> >>Before having an X50v, I displayed CEBoard's board the simplest way possible : >>draw one by one each square. But when I got the X50v, the screen was flickering >>and I had to implement double buffering for the board. > >At least for GAPI there is a 3rd party driver who accelerates 2D on the X50v. > >Also, Dell has updated BIOS versions which improve 2D performance. I have the latest version installed. I'm not using the GAPI, though you're right that for the games that benefit from it, the 2D performance is better than any other PDA. It's mostly used in conjunction with console emulators to play Playstation games and the like. Albert > >-- >GCP
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