[SDL] Performance and Video Cards

[Gregg Bolinger]

And for the linux part?

Gregg

Julien Pauty wrote:

> Gregg Bolinger wrote:
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>> I am new to SDL.  I like what I have seen so far but I am concerned a 
>> little bit about performance and high end graphics cards.  It is my 
>> understanding from talking to a buddy of mine that Video Card 
>> Manufacturers like nVidia and ATI develop chipsets with DirectX in 
>> mind.  This is of course because Windows is currently the gaming 
>> platform.  So DirectX can actually use more features of a video 
>> card.  I am wondering how SDL deals with this if it deals with this 
>> at all.  Also, is my buddy misinformed possibly?
>>
>> Any info would be great.  Thanks.
>>
>> Gregg 
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> SDL relies on DirectX for the Windows part. It uses DirectDraw.
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> Julien
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