Bound controls vs. setting the values 'manually'

Here's the times for setting 450 textboxes' values with two methods:

a) binding textboxes : 3500 - 4000 ms

VB Code:

'code like this
for i = 0 to X
    set text1(i).datasource = rst.fields(i)
    text1(i).datafield = rst.fields(i).name
next i

b) setting the text manually: 70 - 80ms

VB Code:

'code like this
for i = 0 to X
    text1(i).text = rst.fields(i).value
next i

bye bye to bound controls...

regards,

Helger

How about populating grids?
done any tests ? (bound vs unbound)

And also, bound controls are hard to validate and control. I have tried them before but they seem to have a mind of their own and I much prefer to do it manually now
Regards
Stuart

Yeah I never use bound controls...

Why is it so much slower?