Graphics.drawImage() in Java is EXTREMELY slow on some computers yet much faster on others

Question

I\'m having a strange problem, basically in Java Graphics.drawImage() is extremely slow on some computers and faster on others. This isn\'t related to the computers power ei

Answer 1

If you are using sun's Java try some of the following system properties, either as command line parameters or the first lines in main

sun.java2d.opengl=true  //force ogl  
sun.java2d.ddscale=true //only when using direct3d  
sun.java2d.translaccel=true //only when using direct3d  

more flags can be viewed at this page

Look at sun.java2d.trace which can allow you to determine the source of less-than-desirable graphics performance.