OpenGL Vs DX

FreeArcher · 2002-01-16T19:54:12

I dont want any replies, i just want to complain about buying a game at the weekend (Dune) and thanks to NVIDIA the opengl drivers (with my voodoo3) arent compatible with the DX requirements since NVIDIA are screening voodoo out. So now im gonna have to go get a geforce3 ti500 64mb. i guess its a conspiracy against me as always. Ah well i guess thats all i wanted to say...so....... FREE LORD ARCHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we dont want him writing mein kampf now do we? or another string of shitty best-sellers.

Graphics and GPU Programming Programming OpenGL

Started by FreeArcher January 15, 2002 09:38 AM

25 comments, last by FreeArcher 22 years, 3 months ago

TheBlackJester

142

January 15, 2002 07:53 PM

Umm, I use OpenGL for graphics and DirectX for sound, input, etc... Can''t we all just get along?

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Maximus

124

January 15, 2002 09:16 PM

OpenGL is better because GL stands for Good Luck and DirectX stands for Direct XXX hardcore porn graphics that come from the infamous Larry games!

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Dwarf with Axe

277

January 15, 2002 09:44 PM

Well, the ASCII character codes for the two are listed below:

D 068
i 105
r 114
e 101
c 099
t 116
X 088

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O 079
P 112
e 101
n 110
G 071
L 076

Now, because the sum of all of the codes for DirectX is 691, and the sum of all of the codes in OpenGL is 549...

Yesterday I counted 2149 characters in my structure, so divide that by ten (because of Newtons fifth law) and then go

549 / 21.49

Which gives you 25. Now, since it is a whole number, you then do the following:

691 - 25

which gives you satans room number (666).

Therefore, OpenGL is "gooder" than DirectX. Because directX is EVIL!

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benjamin bunny

838

January 16, 2002 08:25 AM

quote:Original post by TheBlackJester
Umm, I use OpenGL for graphics and DirectX for sound, input, etc... Can''t we all just get along?

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[TheBlackJester]

So do I, but I don''t see why we should

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jenova

122

January 16, 2002 08:56 AM

well OpenGL has the letter "G", as does Glide. and since we all know that Glide is better than both...

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benjamin bunny

838

January 16, 2002 09:47 AM

Glide is a big steaming pile of poo.

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