OpenGl
Vs
Directx
By Yassine AL HAREK 193027
What is DirectX?
- Owned by Microsoft.
- Created in 1995.
- contains a set of librairies Direct3D, DirectInput and DirectSound .. DirectX box (XBox)
Why Does Everyone Use DirectX?
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On Windows, DirectX graphics drivers are better maintained than the OpenGL graphics drivers
- Game developers get less bug reports
- Microsoft initiated a fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) campaign against OpenGL around the release of Windows Vista, giving the impression that Windows Vista would remove support for OpenGL
- Misleading Marketing Campaigns on the jump from DirectX9 to DirectX10, they only tweaked the config file making people believe that it was an enormous change
Why should we use OpenGL?
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It is more powerful than DirectX
- has a faster draw calls
- direct access to all new graphics features (The tesselation technology that Microsoft is heavily promoting for DirectX 11 has been an OpenGL extension for three years)
- Cross-platform
- Even on windows the latest DirectX versions are not supported in Windows XP (1/2 of windows users have XP)
- Microsoft monopoly (means no competition) on gaming would be very bad for both gamers and game developers.
Thank you for your attention
OpenGl Vs Directx
By Yassine Al Harek
