Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU Video Driver for Win NT-based systems

[Filip Navara]

That's matter of the drivers. The nVidia Detonator drivers have the GDI 
accelerated functions of course.

- Filip

Natalia Portillo wrote:

> I don't think the nVidia GeForce FX has GDI acceleration.
>
> So how is it accelereting 2D applications (not games, so GDI not DirectDraw) in 
> Windows 95?
>
> On Thu, 13 May 2004 10:56:30 +0100
> Jamie Burns <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > I double that. GDI and DirectDraw are different things.
> >
> > Nearly all cards have for some years supported *both* GDI acceleration (from
> > Windows 3.1 days...) and DirectDraw acceleration (from Windows 95 days...).
> > Although they support both, they are different sets of code for different
> > purposes.
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Filip Navara" <address@hidden>
> > To: <address@hidden>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 8:53 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] QEMU Video Driver for Win NT-based systems
> >
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Natalia Portillo wrote:
> > >
> > >      
> > >
> > > > Then, why do you require DirectDraw support for activating acceleration?
> > > > Is simply.
> > > >
> > > > When no acceleration is, the GDI calls are rendered manually, when it is
> > > >        
> > activated, they are rendered through DirectDraw.
> >    
> >
> > > >        
> > > No they aren't. Please trust me on this, I know quite a bit of details
> > > of the Windows NT (and 9x also) architecture and this is just not true.
> > >
> > >
> > >      
> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/graphics/hh/graphics/dispvid_2003_7z53.asp
> >    
> >
> > > - Filip
> > >
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