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Re: What's faster: RGBA8 or ARGB8?



On 7/29/05 1:44 PM, Felix Schwarz didst favor us with:

> Hello everybody,
> 
> I'm just about to make a basic decision for either (32 Bit) RGBA8 or
> ARGB8 as well as (128 bit) ARGBfloat or RGBAfloat, both non-
> premultiplied.

Since this has nothing to do with Carbon, you might have a better chance of
getting a good answer on one of the other lists such the performance and
optimization list.

Larry
> 
> I  would like to pick the one that's best supported with Core Image
> and Quartz in terms of speed. I.e. which of the formats is displayed
> faster, is the "native" format and does not need any conversions?
> 
> Are there any speed gains if I pick one format or the other?
> 
> Will there be any differences on that area between Intel-basic and
> IBM/Freescale-based Macs?
> 
> That information is really important to me as I'll optimize my
> application to either use the one or the other. Any answer is thus
> greatly appreciated.
> 
> Best regards,
> Felix

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