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Closed source API's like DirectX won't ever be as fast as an open source API standard like OpenGL. This is why games like Left-4-Dead2 using OpenGL run substan

Closed source API's like DirectX won't ever be as fast as an open source API standard like OpenGL. This is why games like Left-4-Dead2 using OpenGL run substantially faster (More FPS) (http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/133824-valve-opengl-is-faster-than-directx-even-on-windows http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/133824-valve-opengl-is-fas...)

Lavinski 13y ago
OpenGL is not actually open source. https://www.opengl.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_OpenGL_Open_Source.3F https://www.opengl.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_OpenGL_Open_Source.3F
- kuschku 13y ago
  But it's also not closed source, because OpenGL is just a specification, like Wayland.
- Tobu 13y ago
  The correct term is open standard.
NamTaf 13y ago
Your first assertion has no bearing in reality. There's nothing prohibiting a closed-source API form being as fast as or faster than an open-source one. Your second assertion does not imply that your first is correct. It may be that the current example of open-source are faster than the current example of closed-source, and there may be very real advantages that the open-source approach brings about that pushes the status quo towards as you describe, but there's nothing mandating that. I'm not sure why you'd therefore assert that.
- conkrete 13y ago
  I certainly stand corrected, I made the assumption that OpenGL was open source (which was incorrect) The assertion I was intending to make was that widely used open source applications tend to be analyzed and improved by a larger community and thus are more likely to be more steamlined/efficient ("faster" was also not a correct term here to describe efficient pipelines) Although as someone stated further down, OpenGL is not actually open source, it's an open standard. So my original point is null and void as is. I believe my hate for Microsoft had blinded me, forgive me.
taspeotis 13y ago
> Closed source API's like DirectX won't ever be as fast as an open source API standard like OpenGL. Why are you comparing implementations and standards on a metric that's only application to implementations?
frozenport 13y ago
What is an API speed? The hardware that makes it happen determines the speed.
- conkrete 13y ago
  I confessed my idiocy earlier above, although I do believe OpenGL provides a more efficient pipeline to the hardware itself.

Lavinski 13y ago

OpenGL is not actually open source. https://www.opengl.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_OpenGL_Open_Source.3F https://www.opengl.org/wiki/FAQ#Is_OpenGL_Open_Source.3F

kuschku 13y ago
But it's also not closed source, because OpenGL is just a specification, like Wayland.
Tobu 13y ago
The correct term is open standard.

NamTaf 13y ago

Your first assertion has no bearing in reality. There's nothing prohibiting a closed-source API form being as fast as or faster than an open-source one. Your second assertion does not imply that your first is correct. It may be that the current example of open-source are faster than the current example of closed-source, and there may be very real advantages that the open-source approach brings about that pushes the status quo towards as you describe, but there's nothing mandating that. I'm not sure why you'd therefore assert that.

conkrete 13y ago
I certainly stand corrected, I made the assumption that OpenGL was open source (which was incorrect) The assertion I was intending to make was that widely used open source applications tend to be analyzed and improved by a larger community and thus are more likely to be more steamlined/efficient ("faster" was also not a correct term here to describe efficient pipelines) Although as someone stated further down, OpenGL is not actually open source, it's an open standard. So my original point is null and void as is. I believe my hate for Microsoft had blinded me, forgive me.

taspeotis 13y ago

> Closed source API's like DirectX won't ever be as fast as an open source API standard like OpenGL. Why are you comparing implementations and standards on a metric that's only application to implementations?

frozenport 13y ago

What is an API speed? The hardware that makes it happen determines the speed.

conkrete 13y ago
I confessed my idiocy earlier above, although I do believe OpenGL provides a more efficient pipeline to the hardware itself.