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glNext - Twenty Sided - Shamus Young

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Sept 21, 2014 — A graphics API is what a programmer uses to talk to the graphics ... which talks to the graphics driver, which makes the graphics card give ...

21 posts · Not to be pedant, but Metal is very iDevice specific and built around the way the graphics ...

The Devolution of Windows - Twenty Sided - Shamus Young

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Nov 2, 2007 — It also requires a cutting-edge graphics card, which is just absurd. ... driver software is still in transition to 64-bit compatibility.

92 posts · My wife was raised in a Mac family because of their being in the newspaper publishing business ...

This Dumb Industry: What is Vulkan ... - Shamus Young

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Nov 22, 2016 — Vulkan is a graphics and compute API from Kronos Group that provides high-efficiency, cross-platform access to modern GPU.

42 posts · What?! Everyone knows API stands for active pharmaceutical ingredient! ;)

Things that drive me nuts about OpenGL - Twenty Sided

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May 29, 2014 — I think the bare minimum you need for doing ANY kind of graphics programming is: Vectors, matrices, and RGB color values.

29 posts · I believe a big part of OpenGL ES was to toss out a lot of the old cruft so it would work better ...

This Dumb Industry: What is Vulkan ... - Shamus Young

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Sept 3, 2019 — The game talks to OpenGL, which talks to the graphics driver, which talks to the graphics card, which makes the graphics happen. Obviously it's ...

24 posts · To get a feel for what it's like in a world without standards, think back to the goofy days ...

Graphics Hardware is Killing PC Games - Twenty Sided

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Feb 22, 2007 — ATI could come up with a graphics card that costs $10,000 and needs to ... are still having stability, framerate, or esoteric driver issues.

69 posts · I'm also looking at having to build a whole new rig, but there's more to my problems than ...

This Dumb Industry: The Disaster of GPU Prices - Twenty Sided

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Mar 13, 2018 — Normally a new graphics generation comes out, and then the price ... that launch with high system requirements and lots of driver problems, ...

26 posts · So, maybe someone can answer the question of “Is it worth it to dabble in cryptocurrencies?”

Hardware Review:Sapphire X1650 - Twenty Sided

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May 1, 2008 — According to the box, the Sapphire X1650 is a graphics card from ... I'm happy to report that the X1650 driver / software installer is ...

71 posts · I wish that didn't sound so … like real life. :(

PC Hardware is “Toast” - Twenty Sided - Shamus Young

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Jan 2, 2008 — I'm shopping for a graphics card, and this is exactly what I'm going ... most likely not work on your motherboard due to driver problems.

101 posts · 100% in agreement. It's not just graphics cards, either – pretty much any piece of PC hardware ...