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Should I learn DirectX 11 or OpenGL?

Should I learn DirectX 11 or OpenGL?

So my bottom line is: Both are fine, OpenGL gives you cross platform code (Provided you write it), and DirectX gives you more game development oriented tools and libraries. Show activity on this post. If it’s all about getting started as fast as possible, I’d recommend OpenGL on a NVidia GPU.

Does lowering DirectX increase FPS?

DirectX 12 reduces power consumption by 50%, boosts fps by 60% in new tech demo. At its Siggraph 2014 booth, Intel is showing off one of the first public demos of DirectX 12 and Direct3D 12 — and the improvement over older graphics APIs, such as DirectX 11, is really quite startling.

Which is best OpenGL or Vulkan?

Vulkan offers greater performance compared to its OpenGL brothers and greater control of the hardware allowing for a boost in graphics quality do to better optimizations.

Which one is better OpenGL or DirectX?

One major difference is that OpenGL is cross-platform, and DirectX is available only on Windows and XBox. If you need to develop for more than Windows, OpenGL is the way to go. In short: OpenGL is faster than DirectX.

Why you should use OpenGL instead of DirectX?

Network effects and vicious cycles On Windows,it’s a fact that the DirectX graphics drivers are better maintained than the OpenGL graphics drivers.

  • FUD about OpenGL and Vista Microsoft initiated a fear,uncertainty,and doubt (FUD) campaign against OpenGL around the release of Windows Vista.
  • Misleading marketing campaigns
  • Which is good choice between DirectX and OpenGL?

    Professional graphics. OpenGL has always seen more use in the professional graphics market than DirectX,while DirectX is used mostly for computer games.

  • Gaming.
  • Mobile phones and other embedded devices.
  • What is the difference between DirectX and OpenGL?

    mmelek1

  • edavio. They are all graphic APIs.
  • Pinczakko. DirectX is only natively known to Windows OS (and probably XBox’s OS ),while OpenGL is an industry standard that is widely used in Unix-like environment and also Windows.
  • mami_hacky.
  • mmelek1
  • mami_hacky.
  • Alb3rto
  • heo83.
  • griffkalgo.
  • Memphis.