SDL on Windows

SDL Development
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Hi all.

Which version of DirectX is required to use SDL on windows?

Thomas

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Hi all.

Which version of DirectX is required to use SDL on windows?

Thomas

DirectX 5

SDL can work also with GDI

Gautier

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SDL can work also with GDI

Does this meen that SDL falls back on GDI automaticly if
DXVersion<5?

ThomasOn 29 Aug 00, at 14:10, Gautier Portet wrote:

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SDL can work also with GDI

Does this meen that SDL falls back on GDI automaticly if
DXVersion<5?

yes.

I don’t have tested, but I am not sure that GDI will be so fast :slight_smile:
just do a test on NT4.

Gautier

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“Gautier Portet” wrote

I don’t have tested, but I am not sure that GDI will be so fast :slight_smile:
just do a test on NT4.

i’ve found the GDI performance on NT4 to be pretty comparable
with the directx stuff. i wouldn’t worry too much