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Old 06-12-2004, 03:55 AM   #1
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Help with OpenGL?

Okay, what exactly does OpenGL do? and why are all the nVidia cards 1.4 max and alot of the ATI's are 2.0?
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Old 06-12-2004, 02:59 PM   #2
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OpenGL is an open standard interface, as opposed to M$ proprietary DirectX. It does the same thing - isolates the applications from the hardware.
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