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News OpenGL 4 specification released

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by CardJoe, 15 Mar 2010.

  1. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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    CardJoe, 15 Mar 2010
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  2. Eriku-Kun

    Eriku-Kun What's a Dremel?

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    too little too late?
    If all they are doing is trying to match DX then they will allways be a step behind and by the time the industry actually support this the next DX version will be out with new goodies everyone will want instead of this.
     
    Eriku-Kun, 15 Mar 2010
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  3. wyx087

    wyx087 Homeworld 3 is happening!!

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    i see, so it's a not-sure for 5xx0 cards on OpenGL 4's support.

    this may influence my upgrade decision..... come on ATI
     
    wyx087, 15 Mar 2010
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  4. cheeriokilla

    cheeriokilla What's a Dremel?

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    @Eriku-Kun I don't think it's too late for an OpenGL 4.0 release that looks so promising, and yes they are catching up to DX11.

    But how many developers still use DX9? So is it really too late?
     
    cheeriokilla, 15 Mar 2010
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  5. technogiant

    technogiant What's a Dremel?

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    Won't recent moves to make Steam and xbox360 games available on Mac's boost OpenGL......Mac's and other Apple product use OpenGL don't they?
     
    technogiant, 15 Mar 2010
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  6. dec

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    Does Khronos make Havok? The physics API. I remember something about intel or ATI buying havok but I havent heard much since that about physics API's (excluding PhysX). Has b-t ever reviewed a openGL game? I cant think of any (openGL games) off hand
     
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  7. Landy_Ed

    Landy_Ed Combat Novice

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    Umm, Quake?

    OpenGL Games
     
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  8. Zayfod

    Zayfod What's a Dremel?

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    No Havok make Havok

    On topic.

    It is utterly vital that OpenGL continues to be an evolving and developing graphics standard, without the competition Microsoft will have little drive to improve DirectX and we'll get into the scenario we had with IE5. Stagnation, and massive unaddressed security holes.
     
    Zayfod, 15 Mar 2010
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  9. metarinka

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    nothing in recent times. Default render path for Mac.. which is like what 1-2% of the pc gaming market?
     
    metarinka, 15 Mar 2010
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  10. MSHunter

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    OpenGL is on all Half-life products (gearhead or something like that)
     
    MSHunter, 16 Mar 2010
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  11. sheninat0r

    sheninat0r What's a Dremel?

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    Hopefully Valve can use OpenGL to great effect in its OS X ports of Source games - that would certainly help boost its market share.
     
    sheninat0r, 16 Mar 2010
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  12. Elton

    Elton Officially a Whisky Nerd

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    If there's one thing that I like about OpenGL based games, it's triple buffering support.
     
    Elton, 16 Mar 2010
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  13. gavomatic57

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    Too late? No, given that DX11 has only made its way into 3 or 4 games and to no great effect, it doesn't have that much of a head start. It seems the only people who really care about DX11 are ATI users...both of them ;)
     
    gavomatic57, 16 Mar 2010
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    Can't think of any OpenGL games with nice looking graphics even close to DX. OpenGL has had a long time to develop and if it's still not caught up then it's not going to happen.
     
    feathers, 18 Mar 2010
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  15. gavomatic57

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    Have a look at the Unigine Heaven benchmark in OpenGL mode...looks curiously similar to DX10 mode.

    As for OpenGL games - all of the Doom3 engined games (Doom 3, Quake 4, Prey etc). They're not new but they still look quite good.

    Also, Rage, on the ID Tech 5 engine looks excellent
    Clicky
     
    gavomatic57, 18 Mar 2010
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