D3D or OPENGL in windows, which is better?

133794m3r · 04-28-2009, 02:21 AM

As stated which is better according to the community same PC, same card, only difference is one is open gl, and the other is d3d. I play with the open gl on linux. And on windows i've been doing the same, but is that the right thing to do? or should i use the d3d rendering system. What does the community think?

Znurre · 04-28-2009, 05:39 AM

I don't have any personal experience since I use Linux, but I've heard people say that Direct3D gives better performance than OpenGL on Windows, even though OpenGL on Linux usually gives better performance than Direct3D on Windows...

Mikan · 04-28-2009, 05:44 AM

Hi 133794m3r,

It seems that NVIDIA officially supports the OpenGL API, so it will peform better on NVIDIA cards than Direct3D. On the other hand, Intel and ATI cards are Direct3D-based, so you should use Direct3D for these cards.

Hope this helps, kind regards.

lord_dvl · 04-28-2009, 12:30 PM

Hi.

I´m using linux and windows and with both i use OpenGL. It´s stable than DirectX in Windows and in this case i have a sort of lag. Some times the screen freeze out and then continue.

133794m3r · 04-28-2009, 10:42 PM

ok thanks

i'mma stick with opengl then.

04-28-2009, 02:21 AM	#1
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04-28-2009, 10:42 PM	#5
133794m3r Pledge Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 41	ok thanks i'mma stick with opengl then.