Do you game in Direct3D or OpenGL?

[p0tempkin]

Just wondering, because between CS and UT, I've noticed OpenGL runs so much smoother than Direct3D. On some levels, the difference is not much, but on others, it's the difference between smoothness and a slideshow.

 

[lastig21]

OpenGl here

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

opengl is way faster usually. d3d may be prettier sometimes but opengl just smokes it as far as frame rate goes. that is just me though.

 

[SerraYX]

OpenGL is much more efficient and usually looks a great deal better, hence I use it

UT it doesn't work for me with FSAA, but without is fine.

 

[flood]

opengl

 

[Shooters]

OpenGL for me.

 

[Badbry]

OpenGL...

 

[BFG10K]

<shakes head>

It's nothing to do with the APIs, it's how well the programmers utilise them. It's no suprise that games based on ID's engines run better under OpenGL, since they were originally designed that way.

I pick whatever API gives me the fastest, problem-free perfromance. It varies from game to game, and some games only have the choice of one API.

 

[Budman]

Direct 3d for me.

 

[Kazi]

OpenGl...only way to go

 

[Killbat]

OpenGL(or MiniGL), always, but that's because I've got 3Dfx video.

 

[McCarthy]

D3D, because I can alt-tab back with it, can't with OpenGL. Don't know if that's game specific or not. Shame, because OGL looks so much nicer, speed about the same.

--Mc

 

[MasterHoss]

I agree with BGF10K.

I use both OpenGL and D3D depending on what I'm playing.