OpenGL is no longer my first choice for graphics development. I am switching to DirectX for my primary renderer. OpenGL is just a little too sloppy; it needs to get things together and Windows needs to support more than just version 1.1. I used DirectX 8.1 and I look forward to learning all that 9 has to offer.

This may be a prelude to a switch to C# as well. We'll see about that, but I'm just trying to find tools that will help me develop quickly.

The thing that pushed me over the edge was render targets. I remember DirectX having a very nice render target mechanism, while OpenGL's is so sloppy until the frame buffer object is natively supported.

And I don't really care about cross-platform. Mac and unix are cool. but I don't need to target them right now.

ok, fine, lets compare girls. Thank you google image search

"OpenGL girl", and in fact the only one


"DirectX girl"


I think I'll go for DirectX.