C# LockBits perfomance (int[,] to byte[])

Question

Graphics g;
using (var bmp = new Bitmap(_frame, _height, PixelFormat.Format24bppRgb))
{
    var data = bmp.LockBits(new Rectangle(0, 0, _frame, _height), ImageLockMo         


        

Answer 1

My understanding is that multidimentional (square) arrays are pretty slow in .Net. You might try changing your _values array to be a single dimension array instead. Here is one reference, there are many more if you search: http://odetocode.com/articles/253.aspx

Array perf example.

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;

class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
    int w = 1000;
    int h = 1000;

    int c = 1000;

    TestL(w, h);
    TestM(w, h);


    var swl = Stopwatch.StartNew();
    for (int i = 0; i < c; i++)
    {
        TestL(w, h);
    }
    swl.Stop();

    var swm = Stopwatch.StartNew();
    for (int i = 0; i < c; i++)
    {
        TestM(w, h);
    }
    swm.Stop();

    Console.WriteLine(swl.Elapsed);
    Console.WriteLine(swm.Elapsed);
    Console.ReadLine();
}


static void TestL(int w, int h)
{
    byte[] b = new byte[w * h];
    int q = 0;
    for (int x = 0; x < w; x++)
        for (int y = 0; y < h; y++)
            b[q++] = 1;
}

static void TestM(int w, int h)
{
    byte[,] b = new byte[w, h];

    for (int y = 0; y < h; y++)
        for (int x = 0; x < w; x++)
            b[y, x] = 1;
}
}