undefined | Better HN

0 pointsbhouston12y ago0 comments

> PS3 never used OpenGL

It sort of does. PS3 uses OpenGL ES 1.0 with extensions and then there is a separate graphics library, LibGCM, that is lower level.

Details here (although this use says it doesn't use OpenGL and then says that its API is based on OpenGL + extensions, so it is a bit confusing):

http://scalibq.wordpress.com/2010/05/15/sony%E2%80%99s-plays...

EDIT: HEre is a PS3 developer saying that PS3 is OpenGL ES:

http://www.khronos.org/assets/uploads/developers/library/sig...

0 comments

lucian190012y ago

Almost nothing uses GLES, though. All engines have libgcm renderers.

bhoustonOP12y ago

> Almost nothing uses GLES, though. All engines have libgcm renderers.

Very true. The performance impact of both Direct3D and OpenGL is actually huge, so it is best to avoid it when you can using lower level interfaces that speak directly to the GPU.

frozenport12y ago

Wow, what are they, a cursory Google search turns up this result: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6345538/is-there-a-lower-...

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse