[GEM-dev] performance? was: same patch different ...

[Erich Berger]

>> would there be such a huge difference between pix_snap and pix_snap2tex ?
>>
>
> this is the reason why there is [pix_snap2tex] in the first place:
> the bottle-neck with [pix_snap] is transferring the image from the
> gfx-card's memory into main-memory; this is slow
> if the data just stays on the gfx-card, this is _fast_

which brings me logically to my next question:
is there possibility to squeeze in a pix_alpha
into the pix_snap2tex to have the benefit of
both worlds ?

best

e