Are there any performance tests available re Direct2D?

Posted by Karol Kolenda on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Karol Kolenda
Published on 2009-05-05T22:56:55Z Indexed on 2010/06/12 19:02 UTC
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I'm particularly interested in drawing primitives performance (CAD, GIS, etc.) but any speed comparison with GDI/GDI+ would be very interesting.

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