OpenGL vs. Direct3D

[Urban]

I play alot of online 1st person shooters, i.e. CS, Tribes 2, UT, all of them. What do most people use, OpenGL or Direct3D and why do u choose one over the other.


THX as Always

[Joe]

Depends... Half Life was made for OpenGL so the wise chice would be GL

Chances are if you have the ability to run in OpenGl the game will run better but not always.

[Altema]

When i played CS for the first time the graphics were okay. I had been playing on Software mode and that was just horrible. when i chged to open Gl it Was great. I Reccomend Open GL.

[Mark]

i use open gl and it works for me.
my brother uses d3d and he can see under water better than me in TFC.

[MartialArtist12]

D3D is faster, you get more FPS. OpenGL isn't as fast, but it shows the frames better. I use OpenGL as your eyes can't detect anything over 60fps, but you can notice the quality right off.

[Joe]

Originally posted by MartialArtist12
D3D is faster, you get more FPS. OpenGL isn't as fast, but it shows the frames better. I use OpenGL as your eyes can't detect anything over 60fps, but you can notice the quality right off.

If you are refering to "in general" I dont believe it.

[Phantom-Vortex]

Open gl is waaaaaaaaaaaay faster then direct 3d i have both a dual pentium with 2k and a 1.4 amd running 98 both faster in open gl.

[VonJames]

I really depends on what game you're playing. I mean some games are designed to run one better than the other.

For the heck of it, I switched from opengl to direct 3d playing TFC, and d3d ran like dog poo. Didn't look bad, but didn't run worth a nickel, major lag.

If playing UT, direct 3d runs a little better than opengl, at least on my rig it does, but then my system runs both without any real problems.

But in UT I choose opengl, so that I can use the highrez textures.
Definitly use Opengl for CS or any Halflife based game.

[Idiot Savant]

OGL beats D3D hands down, everywhere. GG OGL.

[Spectre(IX)]

How bout realtime stratagy games? I ran both D3D and OpenGL. So far OpenGL runs faster but not as good visuals as D3D. Also OpenGL looks better when it comes to lower looker graphics like lines and stufff like that. Why is that?:confused:

[Idiot Savant]

Because OGL owns D3D. I just told everyone that.


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