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Thread: OpenGL 3.0 Specs released
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09-16-2008 02:48 AM #1Banned
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OpenGL 3.0 Specs released
http://www.khronos.org/news/press/re...enerations_of/
Notable features include: No Static Pipeline! New shading language, and Floating point depth buffer. Thank you Sun!
Also, they are releasing OpenCL, which is OpenGL that takes advantage of multicore processors, using one of the cores as an extra GPU.
This looks good for gamers.
I'm reading the PDF specs right now, holy crap it's 500 pages.
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09-16-2008 05:34 PM #2used to be Guerilla
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I would rather die on my feet then to live on my knees.
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09-16-2008 07:11 PM #3FBI agent
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you know, as an end user you won't see anything different
Originally Posted by guerilla
Sweet, just when i thought we were going to get stuck with microsofts evil dx 10....bastards are forcing us to go vista...screw you vista!
I'm sticking with xp and...opengl!
this is really only of interest to graphics developers
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09-16-2008 07:46 PM #4used to be Guerilla
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Thats not true, opencl is a huge difference, makes use of multi core processors
I would rather die on my feet then to live on my knees.
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09-16-2008 08:47 PM #5Banned
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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.
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09-16-2008 10:18 PM #6FBI agent
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Well, it's up to the graphics board makers, Nvidia & AMD Originally Posted by ninja9578
(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
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09-16-2008 10:37 PM #7Banned
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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.Last edited by ninja9578; 09-16-2008 at 10:41 PM.
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