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Do i really need opengl 3.0 for games

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munjos   09-21-2009 at 04:01:31 PM

is there any noticeable difference between ogl 3.0 and ogl 2.1 for playin' games?
Thanks in advance :D

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doctortommy   09-21-2009 at 04:03:31 PM
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I would guess there's a difference in speed and maybe a few features, but not as many major games are made with opengl as there used to be. I'm guessing that opengl 3.0 would be more useful for people in 3d design.

But I have absolutely no idea, that's just my guess.

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gamerk316   09-21-2009 at 06:27:06 PM
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3.0 mainly cleans out the API. Really, only a few major games use OpenGL (Doom3 does, and Doom4 will). A lot of independent programs use the OpenGL API though...

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munjos   09-21-2009 at 08:08:34 PM
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because me and my friend thik to bye gtx275. but GB version is whit opengl2.1 and i don't know for games i will find some difference ;)

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