[cairo] performance difference between image and win32 surface?

[Vladimir Vukicevic]

Hi Danilo,

Danilo Gulamhussene wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> i have experimented a little with Cairo, cause we plan to use it for 
> rendering in a larger project.
> Some performance tests stated, that using a Win32 Surface is about 5 
> times slower than using an Image Surface on my system (Windows XP).
> (I wrote the small tests on my own, cause I did not manage yet to build 
> the performance tests included in Cairo.)
> 
> Could these results be correct, or am I doing something wrong?
> When yes, what is the reason for this performance difference? I would 
> find it much more straight forward to render directly into a Win32 
> Surface instead of rendering in an Image Surface and then copying it 
> into the window.

Could you give some examples of the kinds of operations that you're 
finding slower?

     - Vlad