Urahara
Just for fun I decided to bust out Serious Sam: The Second Encounter yesterday. The first time I played that game ages ago I still had a GeForce 2 GTS. Now, using a X1900 XT, my first few clicks after getting the game started were of course, jacking up all the graphics to the max. The game runs on OpenGL like a charm (no kidding, 250+ fps, limited by CPU.) Then I thought, since the ATI Radeon series were known to run Direct3D games such as Half Life 2, I switched the graphics settings to run Direct3D, and my performance took a HUGE hit, averaging about 90 fps.
90 FPS is still very respectable, but how come ATI cards run OpenGL so much better for this case? Is it because of the game's engine? Last time I checked ATI was known for Direct3D, not OpenGL, as OpenGL gamed belonged to nVIDIA.
90 FPS is still very respectable, but how come ATI cards run OpenGL so much better for this case? Is it because of the game's engine? Last time I checked ATI was known for Direct3D, not OpenGL, as OpenGL gamed belonged to nVIDIA.
