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Windows 7: OpenGL classified as legacy?
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17 Oct 2011
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OpenGL classified as legacy?
Legacy Graphics (Windows)
I was looking through the Win32 API tutorials on MSDN when I found this. I wanted to draw some graphics on my form, and was a bit surprised to run into it...
Description of the section in which I found this: Quote: Technologies that are obsolete and should not be used in new applications. Is this a sign that Microsoft may stop supporting OpenGL in Windows in the future?  | My System Specs |
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17 Oct 2011
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Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit Fantasyland |
Hmm...this is new to me, but if Microsoft is going to stop supporting anything, it's just their own implementation of OpenGL. I confess to being surprised they even had one, I for one have never been aware of anything other than the OpenGL support built into videocard drivers from ATI and nVidia.
OpenGL itself is thriving and well evolved - AFAIK there is no reliance on any Microsoft-specific code for using it, be it in games or desktop applications.
If someone knows more about this, I'll be glad to stand corrected  | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom-built
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17 Oct 2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by Corazon  OpenGL itself is thriving and well evolved - AFAIK there is no reliance on any Microsoft-specific code for using it, be it in games or desktop applications. This is exactly why I'm confused to see OpenGL listed in the Legacy section. A Google search brought me to this: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...weakens-opengl | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number iBuyPower Chimera X58
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17 Oct 2011
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Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit Fantasyland |
They might have had basic OpenGL drivers shipped with earlier versions of Windows, before the days of Quake III etc. In fact, now that I think of it I think I did see such driver files in Windows 98 SE...not sure about XP though. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom-built
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Graphics Card nVidia GeForce 9800 GT
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Other Info Have a laptop too :) (Compaq CQ60 also with Win7 Pro SP1 32-bit)
Drives in both systems:
C: - Windows 7 + apps. Pagefile is fixed size and located at the very end of the partition.
D: - various temp files/cache for Firefox and apps/games.
E: - videos, music, misc. storage, torrent downloads, etc.
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17 Oct 2011
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Quote: Originally Posted by Corazon They might have had basic OpenGL drivers shipped with earlier versions of Windows, before the days of Quake III etc. In fact, now that I think of it I think I did see such driver files in Windows 98 SE...not sure about XP though. So, it would be calling THAT legacy, and not the drivers which come with video card drivers? That would make sense. If this is the case, I wish Microsoft would be a bit less ambiguous with the MSDN documentation... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number iBuyPower Chimera X58
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Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB GDDR5
Sound Card Integrated Digital HD 7.1 Surround Sound
Monitor(s) Displays 24.6-inch ASUS VW246H 20000:1 Contrast, 2 ms response time,
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Razer Lycosa
Mouse iBuyPower Ergonomical Internet Mouse
PSU NZXT 800W Gaming Series
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Cooling Thermaltake V1 Fan Cooling System OC Proof
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17 Oct 2011
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#6 | |
Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit Fantasyland |
Yep - I'm almost positive that's what they mean. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom-built
OS Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit
CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz, overclocked to 2.7GHz
Motherboard Asus PL5D2
Memory 4GB DDR2-667 (4x1GB in dual-channel config)
Graphics Card nVidia GeForce 9800 GT
Sound Card Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
Monitor(s) Displays Acer
Screen Resolution 1920x1200 (DVI)
Keyboard Standard
Mouse Microsoft wireless optical mouse
PSU Antec TruePower 2.0
Case Cooler Master Centurion
Cooling various fans
Hard Drives OCZ SSD Vertex Plus 60GB SATA (Firmware 3.55), 64MB cache
Hitachi HD321KJ SATA, 320GB, 7200rpm, 16MB cache
Internet Speed DSL; ~330KB/sec down, ~110KB/sec up
Other Info Have a laptop too :) (Compaq CQ60 also with Win7 Pro SP1 32-bit)
Drives in both systems:
C: - Windows 7 + apps. Pagefile is fixed size and located at the very end of the partition.
D: - various temp files/cache for Firefox and apps/games.
E: - videos, music, misc. storage, torrent downloads, etc.
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