1. In a computing system having a graphics subsystem that outputs frames of display information, a method comprising: at each of a plurality of first components that are part of the media integration layer of a software operating system installed on the computing system, each first component performing the following: 1) receiving calls including data corresponding to graphical images for output; 2) maintaining the data as scene information including constructing a scene graph data structure and opening a container in the scene graph data structure to access drawing instructions therein; and 3) at a first operating rate for each of the plurality of first components: a) processing the scene information maintained in the scene graph into graphics information in conjunction with information returned from a second component; and b) communicating the graphics information to a second component that is also part of the media integration layer of the software operating system; and at the second component, at a second operating rate that is faster than the first operating rate for each of the plurality of first components and based on a frame refresh rate of the graphics subsystem, the second component performing the following: 4) receiving the graphics information; 5) processing the graphics information into graphics data formatted for the graphics subsystem; and 6) communicating the graphics data to the graphics subsystem to output a frame.