[Scummvm-devel] D2D backend

[David Kaplan]

Is there any need for or has there been any thought about a Direct2D
backend?

While only being Win7/Vista SP2 specific, Direct2D allows for true use of
the GPU to perform all render-related functions, scaling etc. - and on
hardware that is slightly older, it performs a seamless switch to software
rendering.

The performance boost that this gives can be quite significant.

However is there any point being that SDL works in Win7 too? Albeit minus
some harware accel advantage (that comes from Direct2D)...

If there is any point, I'm happy to implement a D2D backend - i'm already
familiar with the API and it's not a lot of work.
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