Member tiburbage Posted September 30, 2010 Member Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 Folks, While I was evaluating 3DC, I tried both OGL and DX 64-bit versions and didn't notice anything in particular. The DX version is said to be "faster". Does anyone have any comments about one vs. the other from the standpoint of: stability, performance, display quality? -Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member Grandmaster B Posted September 30, 2010 Advanced Member Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 In DX the framerate is around 20% faster for me. I guess the DX version is currently more optimized, at least for consumer graphic cards. OGL port is the only option for Unix and Mac users, so i believe it does make sense for the developer to optimize OGL more (and maybe drop DX at some point). Regarding display quality and stability i dont see any differences, DX just displays faster and therefore gives you a little better response. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor artman Posted September 30, 2010 Contributor Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 Folks, While I was evaluating 3DC, I tried both OGL and DX 64-bit versions and didn't notice anything in particular. The DX version is said to be "faster". Does anyone have any comments about one vs. the other from the standpoint of: stability, performance, display quality? -Tom GL=better for Nvidia Quadro cards DX= better for GTX,Geforce and co... (I think this is what Andrew said about DX/Gl difference for Nvidia cards) I dont know about ATI cards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javis Posted September 30, 2010 Report Share Posted September 30, 2010 GL=better for Nvidia Quadro cards DX= better for GTX,Geforce and co... (I think this is what Andrew said about DX/Gl difference for Nvidia cards) I dont know about ATI cards This is true too, for ATi cards as well. Their Pro equivalent is the FireGL series of cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Contributor BeatKitano Posted November 4, 2010 Contributor Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 GL=better for Nvidia Quadro cards DX= better for GTX,Geforce and co... (I think this is what Andrew said about DX/Gl difference for Nvidia cards) I dont know about ATI cards Well, I have aa gf 480 and ogl is definetely faster, so it's not reserved to pro versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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