I am writing a form which will be used as a monitoring display on a
heavily-loaded system.  Most controls are logically linked to elements
in arrays.  While I can set the .text properties of those controls
directly with a programatic assignment, I've contemplated using data
binding to do so.

Clearly data binding is the way to go for more complex associations, but
my application is rather simple (no actual database or ADO.net
connections) and will be refreshing almost continuously. . .  and code
efficiency is a major concern.  

Which would be more efficient, manually setting the .text properties, or
using data bindings and having the refresh happen automatically?

My hunch is that doing it all directly will be more efficient, if not as
elegant.  (Plus, part of me wants to avoid dealing with data bindings,
as I've never worked with them before.)

Thoughts?