what kind of preformace boost are you getting using frames + quads?

Thanks, this is correct, and now rendering corectly

Im loading an 800x600 png as a background. and the code forces me to scale it up 2x. just love.graphics.draw(graphics["bg"], 0, 0) will produce the image just takeing up 1 corner of the screen. 50% reduction. im forced to do love.graphics.draw(graphics["bg"], 0, 0,0,2,2) which is...