Surfaces Vs. Textures please help

[LDV]

Hi Guys,

 

I'm using DirectX - Direct3d - 9 - Managed, to build a 2d game. Although it's 2D i'm using the 3D interfaces.

Some time i uses Textures to display images, using the Sprite object, and sometime i uses Surfaces using the UpdateSurface or StretchRectangle methods.

 

I would like to know, generally, which is better to use? surface or texture?

Which consume more memory?

Which one is faster to draw?

 

Thanks a lot.

LDV

[ThePentiumGuy]

hmm

i use textures - ive never used a Surface before...

i cant exactly give you the benifits of each... but i think Textures are the way to..

[rifter1818]

hmm

i use textures - ive never used a Surface before...

i cant exactly give you the benifits of each... but i think Textures are the way to..

Surfaces are a component of textures translation a texture is made up of one or many surfaces so logicly i would think a surface takes less memory and time to render however it is less flexible than a texture. i could be wrong about this though.