The broad industry support Apple is building around OpenCL will help increase the critical mass behind OpenGL, the 2D and 3D graphics language Apple uses extensively in Mac OS X. Since the mid 90s, ...

Two new implementations is expected to come soon that will be a boon for PC gamers. Following Mantle API, DirectX and OpenGL will start offering low-level access to provide more efficient ways of ...

在DirectX诞生之初，业界已经有众多标准，其中有两个重要的标准：OpenGL和Glide，特别是前者，它被用于图形、影像服务器，制作电影、科教片等等，随着技术逐渐成熟，越来越普及，如当时大名鼎鼎的Quake 3游戏就是基于这个标准的。而当时的DirectX，很多硬件 ...

作为图形行业的两大API，DirectX、OpenGL一直上演着相爱相杀，当然现在我们又有了Metal、Vulkan等后起之秀，前辈们的压力自然也更大。 时隔整整三年，Khronos Group标准组织终于将OpenGL标准规范从4.5版升级到了4.6版——版本号变化不大，但新东西还是很多的。 OpenGL 4.6 ...

IT之家 11 月 20 日消息，摩尔线程今日发布版本号为 v280.90 的图形显卡驱动程序。 官方表示，新版驱动程序可以在 Windows 10 和 Windows 11 操作系统环境下实现对 DirectX 12 和 OpenGL 4.2 的支持： 优化了 DirectX 12 模式下运行《黑神话：悟空》《文明 6》《狂野飙车：传奇 ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

With little fanfare, Valve has published the source to ToGL, a translation layer to support a subset of the Direct3D 9 API on OpenGL systems. ToGL is a component of the company’s Source 3D engine.

At GDC the Khronos Group announced not one but two new OpenGL specifications. The headline release, OpenGL 4, includes a raft of new features bringing OpenGL in line with Microsoft’s Direct3D ...

In a scary twist that reinforces Valve's distaste of Windows 8, it turns out that the Source engine -- the 3D engine that powers Half Life 2, Left 4 Dead, and Dota 2 -- runs faster on Ubuntu 12.04 and ...

There is some pretty big news out there. AMD recently released mantle, a low level API that eliminates heaps of CPU overhead (draw calls). It now seems that both DirectX and OpenGL will follow that ...

In a scary twist that reinforces Valve's distaste of Windows 8, it turns out that the Source engine -- the 3D engine that powers Half Life 2, Left 4 Dead, and Dota 2 -- runs faster on Ubuntu 12.04 and ...