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zarx said:

JEMC said:

Well, who knows.

And I wouldn't be surprised if the next idTech engine drops OpenGL now that Carmack is gone.

There is a lot of legacy there, the plan put in place was to continue to iterate on tech 5 instead of making a new engine this generation. With the recent push for OpenGL improvement from Valve etc meaning that there is an increased focus on it from hardware vendors in terms of driver support. If they stuck with OpenGL this long I doubt they would be a rush to change now. And that wouldn't change anything for the current batch of titles anyway.

If they don't develop a new one then it's pretty much obvious that they will keep using OpenGL.

My doubts come after that. I mean, even before the Tech5 was launched, Carmack admited that they used OpenGL because they were used to, not because it was better. And now that he (and who knows how many more since they were bought by Zenimax) has left, that may change. After all, Zenimax may want to replace some of those folks with people from Bethesda and maybe create 1 engine for all its teams.

But I'm simply speculating.

 

@GTX 770 4GB: You want the one with extra RAM don't you? .

I don't know the prices over there, but here that particular card is too close in price to AMD's 290 with a 3rd party cooler which not only has the same amount of RAM but it is also faster in pretty much any game... But I know you prefer Nvidia so go for it! It will last you many good years of gaming (at 1080p).