Hello, I would like to share with you my new findings..
Using BitBlt and the SAME Project to generate a random 100x100 using 16x16 icons..

Total Icons: used: 5
showing 25x25 tiles at one time on the screen..

Having the icons in seperate Pictureboxes: 220 FPS

Using an IMAGELIST, same prefs as above test: 9 FPS
(I loaded the image into a picturebox, and Blitted from there)

Using an imagelist with autoredraw = false : 18 FPS


So.. hope you like my findings..
ALSO: There is one more test that I must run... i heard there is an API call to paint an ico in imagelist DIRECTLY onto the map picturebox.. *This is how i hear it anywayS* if someone could get me the code, i will run it through and check it's FPS.. but i am gonna look on this forum for it, and i'll post results once i get them.