In article <00a701c744a4$1816a110$0301a8c0@Production>, "Paul" <pdeleeuw@deleeuw.com.au> writes:
Yes I understand that it works in RAM, but does it calculate the memory address every pixel?
Err... I'm not sure what you're getting at here. The fractint code computes scads of things every pixel; worrying about one memory address is hardly going to matter.
How often is the screen refreshed?
At most, every time it checks the keyboard for input.
It looks like it is very often, if not every pixel.
Yes, it is very often. The keyboard is checked a lot. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" -- DirectX 9 draft available for download <http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/book/download/index.html> Legalize Adulthood! <http://blogs.xmission.com/legalize/>