A method and apparatus for displaying images is disclosed. The method of the invention includes the steps of: transferring a content of a first one of the display buffers to the display device; overwriting a second one of the display buffers with first image data, wherein the first image data represent data of updated pixels between two corresponding adjacent frames; obtaining a bit-map mask according to the updated pixels, wherein the bit-map mask indicates altered pixels for the two corresponding adjacent frames; and, then overwriting the second one of the display buffers with second image data from the other display buffers according to at least one bit-map mask.