Can HWA speed up apps that are memory intensive?

[LB]

In an application I am developing, I have to load files that are anywhere from a few kb to a mb, then zlib decompress them. I am using the binary quickload, which works great now that I have it figured out, but when it comes to decompressing that Zlib, man it can take several minutes in which my app is frozen. Then, I have to parse it because I am only editing a portion fo the file that could be anywhere, and then I will also have to edit it and save it and such. This means saving will take even longer! Compress, save, decompress for edit. This is something I cannot have!

Can HWA speed up my app or is it only for graphics? If it can't can some extension(s) possible be developed for this task or is that too much to ask?

Thanks for all help,
-LB

[Looki]

Um, hardware accelerated graphics won't speed up the process of loading a file.

[LB]

It's not loading the file that's the issue, it's the Zlib part. But thanks for repsonding, I kinda thought HWA was for graphics only. :\

[Pixelthief]

Unless the compression and decompression algorithms are handled by your GPU instead of CPU (they aren't), it won't speed it up at all. However, it never hurts to try! Just open up your app in HWA with whatever small changes for compatibility you need to do and see if theres any noticeable difference. No harm in trying