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opengl vs dx mode performance

Silviu Cojocaru

I see that in the Tips section people recommend to use opengl however, after testing with -opengl switch and without it I can safely say that I get better graphics and performance by leaving out the option to run in OpenGL mode.

I have double checked that my config.wtf file does not contain an reff to opengl. Any thoughts on this?

Systems specs:

Using latest beta driver from nvidia - 270.29

Posted 2011-03-04 08:10

Hibba

I also have good performance in DirectX mode. Not sure if I'd say better than OpenGL, but still definitely good.

My system:

AMD Phenom II Black Edition 3.0 GHz quad-core processor.
4GB RAM.
NVIDIA GTS 250 with 1 GB VRAM.
1 TB SATA Hard Drive.
Nvidia Driver 260.19.29 for Gentoo Linux 64-bit.

Posted 2011-03-04 15:08 · edited by Hibba on 2011-03-04 15:09

jkv

My problem with d3d9 was the impossibility to got multisampling x4 I just had 1x.

with opengl i got the possibility to set that on 4x, and now the graphismes are better.

if someone can tell how to be in multisampling whith d3d9 i will appreciate, with opengl i have no permission to set all the video in excellent quality.

Intel coreI7, nvidia 580 gfx, 6 go ram linux ubuntu 10.10.

Posted 2011-04-02 05:12

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