Thread: OpenGL 3.0 Specs released

I've never seen any demonstration of OpenCL on Windows. It's up to the Windows community to support the new features, not Sun. Windows doesn't even fully support OpenGL 2.1. You'd be lucky to see OpenGL 3.0 for Windows, but it's highly doubtful that you'll see that new OpenCL for the multi cores any time soon.

On another note, is anyone using DirectX 10? I thought that a few games were released using it, but they all flopped so developers are sticking with DX 9.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

I've never seen any demonstration of OpenCL on Windows. It's up to the Windows community to support the new features, not Sun. Windows doesn't even fully support OpenGL 2.1. You'd be lucky to see OpenGL 3.0 for Windows, but it's highly doubtful that you'll see that new OpenCL for the multi cores any time soon.

On another note, is anyone using DirectX 10? I thought that a few games were released using it, but they all flopped so developers are sticking with DX 9.

Well, it's up to the graphics board makers, Nvidia & AMD
(and Intel and a few others as well, but for the most part it's Nvidia & AMD)

MS really has no say in Windows's OpenGL support
I wrote about this before
http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...15&postcount=2

Most games use DX9, with some using DX10 features if available

Shadowrun is, to date, the only game to be released "DX10 only"
and it sold so poorly, the game studio went bust

DirectX 10 fails because no platforms support it. Let's look at what supports what engine.

DirectX 10
Windows Vista

DirectX 9
Windows Vista
Windows XP
Xbox 360
Xbox

OpenGL
Windows Vista (1.5)
Windows XP (1.5)
Xbox 360
Xbox
PS2
PS3
Wii
Mac
Linux

OpenGL 3.0 and OpenCL will make gaming better for much more gamers. I can't wait to start programming a dynamic pipeline.