opengl vs d3d?

radiohead2 · May 23rd, 2001

what's better

GEO · May 23rd, 2001

geforce --> Opengl

ati, matrox --> d3d

other chips i don't know... i have only worked with these, and this is what my personal experience says

Orpheus · May 23rd, 2001

i have a Geforce 2 GTS and i preffer D3D im some games
they look faster than OpenGl but the graphics look better with OpenGl

May 23rd, 2001

FYI, newer ATi Chips perform quite well with OpenGL..

Satan · May 24th, 2001

Quote:

Originally posted by Orpheus
i have a Geforce 2 GTS and i preffer D3D im some games
they look faster than OpenGl but the graphics look better with OpenGl

I have a GeForce2 Ultra, and OpenGL is much faster for me. And yes, it does look better.

Orpheus · May 24th, 2001

i play UT in my pc and with d3d that seems faster than with OpenGl , that's my opinom...what version of detonator r u using?

Satan · May 25th, 2001

I'm using the Detonator 12.40 drivers. And you really should try to play Unreal Tournament using OpenGL, it looks much better (OpenGL let's you use S3TC textures). See for yourself, I took this screenshot.

Orpheus · May 25th, 2001

Quote:

Originally posted by Satan
I'm using the Detonator 12.40 drivers. And you really should try to play Unreal Tournament using OpenGL, it looks much better (OpenGL let's you use S3TC textures). See for yourself, I took this screenshot.

first i have to format and reinstall windows...that's sux..but i will try with this new version of detonator

xanbie · May 28th, 2001

Quote:

Originally posted by Orpheus
i have a Geforce 2 GTS and i preffer D3D im some games
they look faster than OpenGl but the graphics look better with OpenGl

I agree I have a Geforce DDR and petes d3d plugn in runs much better and looks a lot better then his OGL plugn with the same setting on.

but I think FSAA is only for OGL but that really slows down the games at lest with my Geforce DDR is not really ment for this

bobotns · May 28th, 2001

I have an ATi card and I become better performance with the OpenGL plug-in of Pete (+10%).

404 · June 2nd, 2001

Personally OpenGl works best for me, I'm a CAD user, and OpenGL was ment for CAD, and so for games.

But most of my games support best for D3d (which I hate so much) - Blade of Darkness, Colin McRae 2, Undying, Black and White, etc etc...

Hope UNREAL 2 and DOOM 3 uses openGl too!

May 23rd, 2001	#1 (permalink)
radiohead2 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: MX Posts: 125	opengl vs d3d? what's better __________________ Dell Inspiron 8000: 1Ghz P!!!, 512 MB SDRAM, GeForce4 Go w/64Mb DDR, UXGA 15" screen 1600x1200, ESS Maestro sound, 40GB HD, DVD-ROM 8x Pete's Plugins. WinXP Pro

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GEO Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: WWW/PT/Viseu/Viriato Posts: 313	geforce --> Opengl ati, matrox --> d3d other chips i don't know... i have only worked with these, and this is what my personal experience says __________________ [sig=110]

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bobotns Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Europe Posts: 181	no way! I have an ATi card and I become better performance with the OpenGL plug-in of Pete (+10%).

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404 Ultraman Agent Join Date: May 2001 Location: 0101001111010110101001 Posts: 680	Personally OpenGl works best for me, I'm a CAD user, and OpenGL was ment for CAD, and so for games. But most of my games support best for D3d (which I hate so much) - Blade of Darkness, Colin McRae 2, Undying, Black and White, etc etc... Hope UNREAL 2 and DOOM 3 uses openGl too! __________________ = hah hah hah! I'm back! not! = --- Last edited by 404 on 09-09-99 at 06:66 AM

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May 23rd, 2001	#3 (permalink)
Orpheus Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 23	i have a Geforce 2 GTS and i preffer D3D im some games they look faster than OpenGl but the graphics look better with OpenGl

May 23rd, 2001	#4 (permalink)
CDBuRnOuT Guest Posts: n/a	FYI, newer ATi Chips perform quite well with OpenGL..

May 24th, 2001	#6 (permalink)
Orpheus Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 23	i play UT in my pc and with d3d that seems faster than with OpenGl , that's my opinom...what version of detonator r u using?

May 25th, 2001	#7 (permalink)
Satan Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 106	I'm using the Detonator 12.40 drivers. And you really should try to play Unreal Tournament using OpenGL, it looks much better (OpenGL let's you use S3TC textures). See for yourself, I took this screenshot.