seattletim opened this issue on Feb 12, 2007 ยท 31 posts
svdl posted Sat, 17 February 2007 at 5:47 PM
Why should Microsoft write the drivers? nVidia knows better how their hardware works, so does ATI. Like in all previous Windows versions, good OpenGL is provided by the hardware vendors. Linux is no different - if you want to have good graphics performance, you need the driver provided by the hardware vendor.
MS provides an OpenGL 1.1 emulator - which sucks, agreed. Far too slow to be usable.
Just wait for the nVidia native drivers and the problem will be solved. (Don't wait for good ATI OpenGL drivers - those only exist for the very expensive FireGL series. ATI has a deservedly abysmal reputation when it comes to OpenGL on consumer cards).
The pen is mightier than the sword. But if you literally want to have some impact, use a typewriter