Speed of icons and background loading on gfx card

[AmiDude]

@MarkAshley

In order to speed-up the drawing of the Workbench
contents, you can use the following programs(only WB3.5+):

ftp://de.aminet.net/pub/aminet/util/boot/fblit.lha

www.stephan-rupprecht.de/downloads/WBCtrl.lha

Put it in your startup-sequence somewhere after the
Setpatch command.

C:FBlit
C:Wbctrl IMT=ICONFAST

Also, it's best to use a backdrop picture in the same
resolution as you Workbench and make sure it's in
IFF/ILBM format.
I use this settings with my A4000/060/PIV and the
Workbench backdrop (24Bit - 800x600) loads within 2 seconds!

:-)
 

[AmiDude]

@Framiga wrote:

FBlit with a GFX card? i don't think so!

Well, it sure works fine for me though! :lol:
Fblit comes with a GUI to change the settings.
 :-)

EDIT:

Read the docs carefully. then you'll see it's possible
to use FBlit with a GFX-card. (I use it with P96 drivers)
FBlit can be used with WB3.0+ and WBctrl with WB3.5+
 :-)

[AmiDude]

@MarkAshley

The "C:WBctrl IMT=ICONFAST" in combination with
the FBlit command loads any imagedata in FastRam,
so not only icons but also your backdrop picture.
And it's speeding up the loading process.
 :-)

[AmiDude]

@Framiga

I've used FBlit before I had the P-IV installed
in my A4000. When I later installed the GFX-card,
the commands where still in my startup-sequence,
and the system was running fine with both the FBlit
and WBctrl commands. I know it makes very little
difference if used with a GFX-card, but without
GFX-card it sure increases the loading of Worbench
and icons.
 :-)