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In article <Pine.SOL.3.96.990317124323.25775B-100000@mef07.math.uwaterloo.ca>,
  Michael Lam <wy2lam@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> All points but 2 are agreed:
>
> 1. D3D is faster only on faster video cards.  If you compare the same card
which
> has both Glide and D3D, it has everything to do with the driver.  I'd say,
3dfx
> has got crappy D3D driver.  Or if you compare the Glide on Voodoo 1 to D3D on
> Virge...you get the idea.
>
> 2. D3D is less problematic than Glide?  Are you on crack?
>    D3D is the single most problematic 3D API ever created. (Read: C-O-M)
>

I agree that D3D has been the problem child in the past.  But these days,
developers seem to be liking it.  Not only that, but in Glide's glory days,
D3D was pure crap and so were the cards to run it.  Developers had to choose
between D3D and Glide; D3D = Pure crap.. Many crappy cards.. Many crappy
drivers. Glide = awesome, one awesome card, one set of drivers The choice was
pretty damn easy. This is no longer the case today.  Not only has D3D
improved, but OpenGL has also entered the scene.  These days, developers have
to choose between a good API that only works with one companies card or 2
other APIs that work great and can be run on many different cards. If you
were a developer, which would you choose?

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