diff --git a/src/servers/app/drawing/DrawingEngine.cpp b/src/servers/app/drawing/DrawingEngine.cpp
index 247c8d987b..75110af139 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/drawing/DrawingEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/app/drawing/DrawingEngine.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
  *		Stephan Aßmus <superstippi@gmx.de>
  */
 
+#include "DrawingEngine.h"
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <algo.h>
 #include <stack.h>
@@ -16,8 +18,7 @@
 #include "PNGDump.h"
 #include "RenderingBuffer.h"
 
-#include "DrawingEngine.h"
-
+#include "frame_buffer_support.h"
 
 // make_rect_valid
 static inline void
@@ -1182,7 +1183,7 @@ DrawingEngine::_CopyRect(uint8* src, uint32 width, uint32 height,
 	int32 xIncrement;
 	int32 yIncrement;
 
-	if (xOffset > 0) {
+	if (yOffset == 0 && xOffset > 0) {
 		// copy from right to left
 		xIncrement = -1;
 		src += (width - 1) * 4;
@@ -1202,16 +1203,37 @@ DrawingEngine::_CopyRect(uint8* src, uint32 width, uint32 height,
 
 	uint8* dst = src + yOffset * bytesPerRow + xOffset * 4;
 
-	for (uint32 y = 0; y < height; y++) {
-		uint32* srcHandle = (uint32*)src;
-		uint32* dstHandle = (uint32*)dst;
-		for (uint32 x = 0; x < width; x++) {
-			*dstHandle = *srcHandle;
-			srcHandle += xIncrement;
-			dstHandle += xIncrement;
+	if (xIncrement == 1) {
+		uint8 tmpBuffer[width * 4];
+		for (uint32 y = 0; y < height; y++) {
+			// NOTE: read into temporary scanline buffer,
+			// avoid memcpy because it might be graphics card memory
+			gfxcpy32(tmpBuffer, src, width * 4);
+			// write back temporary scanline buffer
+			// NOTE: **don't read and write over the PCI bus
+			// at the same time**
+			memcpy(dst, tmpBuffer, width * 4);
+// NOTE: this (instead of the two pass copy above) might
+// speed up QEMU -> ?!? (would depend on how it emulates
+// the PCI bus...)
+// TODO: would be nice if we actually knew
+// if we're operating in graphics memory or main memory...
+//memcpy(dst, src, width * 4);
+			src += yIncrement;
+			dst += yIncrement;
+		}
+	} else {
+		for (uint32 y = 0; y < height; y++) {
+			uint32* srcHandle = (uint32*)src;
+			uint32* dstHandle = (uint32*)dst;
+			for (uint32 x = 0; x < width; x++) {
+				*dstHandle = *srcHandle;
+				srcHandle += xIncrement;
+				dstHandle += xIncrement;
+			}
+			src += yIncrement;
+			dst += yIncrement;
 		}
-		src += yIncrement;
-		dst += yIncrement;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/servers/app/drawing/Painter/Painter.cpp b/src/servers/app/drawing/Painter/Painter.cpp
index 9e52408393..7ff78fc256 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/drawing/Painter/Painter.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/app/drawing/Painter/Painter.cpp
@@ -705,10 +705,11 @@ Painter::FillRect(const BRect& r, const rgb_color& c) const
 				int32 y2 = min_c(fBaseRenderer->ymax(), bottom);
 				uint8* offset = dst + x1 * 4;
 				for (; y1 <= y2; y1++) {
-					uint32* handle = (uint32*)(offset + y1 * bpr);
-					for (int32 x = x1; x <= x2; x++) {
-						*handle++ = color.data32;
-					}
+//					uint32* handle = (uint32*)(offset + y1 * bpr);
+//					for (int32 x = x1; x <= x2; x++) {
+//						*handle++ = color.data32;
+//					}
+gfxset32(offset + y1 * bpr, color.data32, (x2 - x1 + 1) * 4);
 				}
 			}
 		} while (fBaseRenderer->next_clip_box());
@@ -738,10 +739,11 @@ Painter::FillRectNoClipping(const BRect& r, const rgb_color& c) const
 		dst += left * 4;
 
 		for (; y <= bottom; y++) {
-			uint32* handle = (uint32*)dst;
-			for (int32 x = left; x <= right; x++) {
-				*handle++ = color.data32;
-			}
+//			uint32* handle = (uint32*)dst;
+//			for (int32 x = left; x <= right; x++) {
+//				*handle++ = color.data32;
+//			}
+gfxset32(dst, color.data32, (right - left + 1) * 4);
 			dst += bpr;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/servers/app/drawing/frame_buffer_support.h b/src/servers/app/drawing/frame_buffer_support.h
index c74dff149c..37bae1a8a3 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/drawing/frame_buffer_support.h
+++ b/src/servers/app/drawing/frame_buffer_support.h
@@ -87,6 +87,22 @@ gfxcpy32(uint8* dst, const uint8* src, int32 numBytes)
 	}
 }
 
+// gfxset32
+// * numBytes is expected to be a multiple of 4
+static inline void
+gfxset32(uint8* dst, uint32 color, int32 numBytes)
+{
+	uint64 s64 = ((uint64)color << 32) | color;
+	while (numBytes >= 8) {
+		*(uint64*)dst = s64;
+		numBytes -= 8;
+		dst += 8;
+	}
+	if (numBytes == 4) {
+		*(uint32*)dst = color;
+	}
+}
+
 union pixel32 {
 	uint32	data32;
 	uint8	data8[4];