[gameprogrammer] Re: OpenGL reality check.
- From: Olof Bjarnason <olof.bjarnason@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2005 10:15:21 +0100
There is at least one thing that makes MS attempt to put down OpenGL
performance inconceivable: very many CAD programs rely on OpenGL, and if
OpenGL performance drops, CAD users will take notice, thus making Windows
Vista a "not so good option for CAD users". The CAD users are quite many..
And don't tell me CAD programs "does not need the realtime experience like
games" - try that statement on a young mechanical engineer/designer in your
neighbourhood! Realtime if VERY important if you sit all day designing
stuff..
Just my 2cc
/Olof
On 12/17/05, Kevin Fields <drunkendruid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Microsoft isn't trying to kill OpenGL. They just aren't supporting it
> using
> the new desktop. The new desktop shell is using DirectX 10 to take
> advantage
> of the hardware. The old desktop is still available, which, as Microsoft
> had
> stated, will have support for up to GL 1.5. Beyond 1.5, Microsoft is
> leaving
> the support up to the individual card manufacturers, which is what's
> currently happening anyway.
>
> But, people are panicking because Vista's default desktop is using DirectX
> 10, and will convert OpenGL calls to DirectX calls. These people are
> causing
> mass hysteria with no good reason to. They just refuse to find out
> accurate
> information.
>
>
> >From: Bob Pendleton <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: OpenGL reality check.
> >Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 14:38:03 -0600
> >
> >On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 15:59 -0600, Matthew Weigel wrote:
> > > Bob Pendleton wrote:
> > >
> > > > o Is OpenGL still a viable graphics API for use on Windows?
> > >
> > > Books are still being published on the subject of OpenGL on Windows; I
> > > think it's doing fine. Games are still coming out that use OpenGL as
> > > well.
> > >
> > > There is a big to-do going on regarding Vista, per
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL#Future_in_Microsoft_Windows, but I
> > > suspect that Microsoft will back down very quickly when users begin to
> > > view their decision as degrading the performance of *old* OpenGL
> games,
> > > never mind new ones.
> >
> >Thanks for that pointer.
> >
> > Bob Pendleton
> >
> > >
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