 <p>On Windows you can use the low level bitmap copying functions, which accurate match the old description without any OpenGL, etc.</p> <pre><code>BOOL BitBlt( _In_ HDC hdcDest, _In_ int nXDest, _In_ int nYDest, _In_ int nWidth, _In_ int nHeight, _In_ HDC hdcSrc, _In_ int nXSrc, _In_ int nYSrc, _In_ DWORD dwRop ); </code></pre> <p><a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd183370%28v=vs.85%29.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd183370%28v=vs.85%29.aspx</a></p>