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19th February 2010, 23:02 | #1 |
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| 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal? In the first part of this series, a number of readers speculated that, with the introduction of DirectX 10-capable graphics cards and Windows Vista, older GDI methods for 2D graphics output were rendered obsolete. The WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation), along with Direct2D, have been available to Microsoft developers for some time now. Nevertheless, there are plenty of good reasons why GDI (the Graphics Device Interface) remains unarguably meaningful and relevant, which means we must examine its behavior and performance, even for the brave new world of Windows 7. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...-gdi,2547.html
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| Part1: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...di,2539-6.html Update by ATI Hotfix: Quote:
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| Download the 2D benchmark here: http://www.tomshardware.com/de/downl...305-26150.html
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| Vista x64 + 4870 1GB w/ Catalyst 10.2, Aero theme Last edited by Oberon : 20th February 2010 at 03:17. |
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| LOL, I'm scoring *909* with win 7 64 bit and 5870 (10.2 drivers). Something must be wrong... Retested : can we get lower... Last edited by thorgal : 21st February 2010 at 14:54. |
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| seems you need that hotfix more badly, the "line" benchmark suffers the most from this bug. Quote:
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