Mock Controls

I am an intermediate programmer making a, rather sophisticated, DirectX DirectDraw application. My problem is I have never programmed controls such as textboxes. My question is about speed vs. memory. Should I: a) have a static DirectDraw surface with the textbox background and then draw the text on top of it each frame. -Low Memory usage -Low Performance b) Same as above but instead use a seperate surface for each instance of the object to hold the drawn text. -Medium Memory -Medium Performance c) have a seperate DirectDraw surface for each textbox that only gets redrawn when text changes. -High Memory -High Performance. No- I do not want to use the window default control so don't give me any tuts on those. My program calls for high performance over memory saving (ya a game), so my initial reaction is to go for option C however, I wanna make sure that I correctly understand my options. So if you guys who are more experienced then me give me any advice please hit me wit it. Thanks for your time and consideration, FenixRoA