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Article #94310Re: Patch for ME
From: Stephen Howe
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:11
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:11
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> That is done because the game makers are in bed with Micro$oft, and this > is one more way to get people to upgrade to XP. In the case of ID Software that is hardly likely. Carmack was pretty scathing about Direct3D some time ago and prefers to program for OpenGL. I am not sure how true that is today. You might want to read http://www.azillionmonkeys.com/windoze/OpenGLvsDirect3D.html for background info (it is now quite old) and also http://rmitz.org/carmack.on.opengl.html Stephen Howe
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