Petr Schreiber
11-06-2008, 00:20
Hi all,
after some time I read some really neat "explanation" why to use Direct3D over OpenGL. Because OpenGL cards start at $500 while Direct3D ones at $25 :D Laughing? Interested who said such a gem? Autodesk...
Source (PDF, page 15): http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/autodesk_vista_wp.v5(lowres).pdf
Second, Direct3D graphics hardware has a wide price range, starting as low as $25.
In contrast, OpenGL requires expensive workstation hardware with prices beginning
at $500. For Autodesk Inventor customers, Direct3D lowers the cost of entry—so
more users can adopt the Inventor application for their design, engineering, and
manufacturing workflows—and allows existing users to leverage their previous
investment in graphics cards.
In my country, at $25 I get GeForce 7300 ... which supports DirectX 9 and ... OpenG 2.0? Wow, is it possible?
Did you know anyone who was forced to buy $500 card because others do OpenGL slow ( but D3D fast of course )?
On my university, where Inventor is used, there are GeForces of 5th series and radeons X300. Shocking but the program moves very high framerates even with OpenGL :P
I am sorry if somebody feels too much flamy mood or aggression from this post, but I simply ... strongly dislike such a clumsy statement as Autodesk made. If there is a $25 card which performs same as $500 card with OpenGL, I am switching ::)
What do you think?
Petr
after some time I read some really neat "explanation" why to use Direct3D over OpenGL. Because OpenGL cards start at $500 while Direct3D ones at $25 :D Laughing? Interested who said such a gem? Autodesk...
Source (PDF, page 15): http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/autodesk_vista_wp.v5(lowres).pdf
Second, Direct3D graphics hardware has a wide price range, starting as low as $25.
In contrast, OpenGL requires expensive workstation hardware with prices beginning
at $500. For Autodesk Inventor customers, Direct3D lowers the cost of entry—so
more users can adopt the Inventor application for their design, engineering, and
manufacturing workflows—and allows existing users to leverage their previous
investment in graphics cards.
In my country, at $25 I get GeForce 7300 ... which supports DirectX 9 and ... OpenG 2.0? Wow, is it possible?
Did you know anyone who was forced to buy $500 card because others do OpenGL slow ( but D3D fast of course )?
On my university, where Inventor is used, there are GeForces of 5th series and radeons X300. Shocking but the program moves very high framerates even with OpenGL :P
I am sorry if somebody feels too much flamy mood or aggression from this post, but I simply ... strongly dislike such a clumsy statement as Autodesk made. If there is a $25 card which performs same as $500 card with OpenGL, I am switching ::)
What do you think?
Petr