BufferedImage VS Image resolved

Hi all,

i am making a 2D tilemap based game, and I am using Image, I am loading it via ImageIcon. When i do the same with bufferedImage except with ImageIO i get a 1/10th performance difference.

My FPS with the Image is around 500~

with BufferedImage its around 50~

am I using them correctly? or is this right?

[348 byte] By [digiwired] at [2007-9-30 6:04:51]