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Old 10-13-2002, 08:48 AM   #1
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D3d & Opengl

In certain games like Half Life,the D3D performance in game was rather slow when compared to Opengl........this was known with geforce series of card,am I correct ??
I just want to know whether the ATI series card also have the situation like this.
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Old 10-14-2002, 01:22 AM   #2
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opengl was faster than directx. I am not as up to date on this as I once was, but that's they way it used to be.
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Old 10-14-2002, 11:15 AM   #3
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OpenGL is better than DX IMO.
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Old 10-14-2002, 12:03 PM   #4
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Direct X is faster if you have a no name card. Otherwise Open GL is faster and looks better.
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