John Carmack famously reported that you can double the performance of a game engine, if you know exactly what the hardware configuration is. I think that ENTIR

John Carmack famously reported that you can double the performance of a game engine, if you know exactly what the hardware configuration is. I think that ENTIRELY explains the performance gain you see in consoles. And for most apps, no, there is no major difference in the user interface capabilities of a browser, and a Win32 GUI.