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What is opengl??

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Started by Aggro5288 August 05, 2001 08:14 PM

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August 05, 2001 08:14 PM

I know c++ and am using devc++ compiler. I keep hearing people talk about openGl. What is it... where can i get it??

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August 05, 2001 08:19 PM

OpenGL is a 2D/3D graphics API. Pretty much it has the video card draw what you feed it. From the beginning OpenGL was intended to do all of the rendering in hardware, so it expects you to have an OpenGL compliant video card for it to work with good results and speeds. See http://nehe.gamedev.net for some introductory tutorials.

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