another d demoscene entry

[Tom S]

Jeremie Pelletier wrote:
> Tom S wrote:
>> torhu wrote:
>>> I only get a black screen, but with music.  Can't see any errors in 
>>> the log.  I've got a Radeon mobility hd 3650. Is my gfx card no up to 
>>> it?
>>
>> That's what happens when you cross AMD/ATI with OpenGL.
>>
> 
> Strange, my first steps in OpenGL years ago were on my 'old' 1950xtx, I 
> never had any issues with ATI and GL.
> 
> It's most likely an issue in the code than the card, like trying to use 
> an extension not present in the driver (the function pointers to that 
> extension are then null).

The hardware is fine, since AMD/ATI works fine in D3D. It's their OpenGL 
implementation that smells. It's been slowly improving over the last few 
years (from the state of unworkable to barely OK), but they're still far 
behind NVidia.


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