Thread: what's a good compiler for games?

Could anyone tell me what's a decent compiler to use for games programming?

I was using Borland, but was told that it's not very quick in the graphics department and was advised to use Visual C++, but I'm not overly keen, to be honest - seems a bit over complicated.

Perhaps I should go back to DJGPP, and use Allegro - what d'ya reckon??