DirectX or OpenGL?
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I have recently started learning some more computer graphics (mostly 2D) for my hobby projects. My question is if I should dig deeper into DirectX or OpenGL? DirectX has better performance (on MS platforms), but is more complex. OpenGL has the advantage of better portability, but lack some of the bells and whistles of DirectX. Are these observations correct, and which do you suggest for learning? Any suggestions would be appreciated. :) Thanks /moliate
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I have recently started learning some more computer graphics (mostly 2D) for my hobby projects. My question is if I should dig deeper into DirectX or OpenGL? DirectX has better performance (on MS platforms), but is more complex. OpenGL has the advantage of better portability, but lack some of the bells and whistles of DirectX. Are these observations correct, and which do you suggest for learning? Any suggestions would be appreciated. :) Thanks /moliate
This article at GameDev is about this exact topic. My personal view is that OpenGL is not lacking in performance or capabilities (refer to Quake3) and is a bit simpler to use but I have not done any significant programming with DX. Given the large volume of samples and tutorials on OpenGL I think it would probably be better to learn with initially.
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This article at GameDev is about this exact topic. My personal view is that OpenGL is not lacking in performance or capabilities (refer to Quake3) and is a bit simpler to use but I have not done any significant programming with DX. Given the large volume of samples and tutorials on OpenGL I think it would probably be better to learn with initially.