KohlyKohl said:
rocketpig said:
Soleron said:
rocketpig said:
PS: HUGE LOL at this article bringing up Macs and Linux in a gaming conversation. |
They are, if anything, more suited to games (performance and reliability considerations) than Windows. The major obstacle to Mac OS X and Linux becoming gaming platforms is Direct3D. The increased adoption of OpenGL due to the mechanisms in the original post will lead to more games being ported. I fail to see the 'lol'. "Gee, DX10 is still pretty new and it's mostly unsupported by hardware. Shocking." The difference this time is DX10 being Vista-exclusive, low Vista adoption rates relative to expectations, and the policy of Nvidia to NEVER adopt DirectX 10.1. "OpenGL is way behind the game and doesn't get updated nearly as often as it needs to keep up with DirectX." Officially, yes, but independent extensions (impossible with DirectX) bring OpenGL up to at least DirectX 10.1; certainly all features of DX10 in use in the real world can be done with OpenGL 2 plus extensions. |
Video card makers aren't going to start adopting OpenGL extensions. If OpenGL ever wants to be taken seriously, it will be a healthy infusion of cash and continual *official* updates. Even then, I doubt it would ever surpass DirectX. People aren't adopting Vista? Shocking. People didn't adopt XP in its first year either. Gamers were running Win2K for well over a year after XP released. XP was buggy, lacked driver support, and was considered to be bloatware by most hardcore gamers. Sound familiar? And yes, I will continue to LOL at the mention of Linux and Macs in a gaming conversation. They populate such a small percentage of the gaming market that it's pointless to even mention them. |
You clearly have a superiority complex. Perhaps Linux does have a very small gaming userbase, but it is a much better gaming platform than Windows currently is, even if it has much fewer games than Windows. |
Yes, I have a superiority complex. Which is why I own two Macs.
Try again.
But keep on rockin' those 8 games on Linux... Maybe I can hop online and we can play Super Breakout together some time.
