[SATLUG] Re-threaded: Linux Gaming

[John Choate]

On Friday 30 May 2008 07:36:26 Jonathan Hull wrote:
> On 5/29/08, pixelnate at gmail.com <pixelnate at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 2008-05-29 at 12:14 -0500, John Choate wrote:
> >  > I've always preferred opengl to direct3d, even if I was missing out on
> >  > some new eye candy. OpenGL games always seemed to render objects so
> >  > they ended up looking solid, while direct3d objects always seemed thin
> >  > and 'hollow' to me.
> >
> > Yeah, but Direct3D has some nifty effects available for developers
> >  (pixel shaders, particles, etc.). MS does a great job with DirectX. At
> >  least from an end user perspective. The games on the PC are so much
> >  better, graphically, than those on the console. I guess that's why I
> >  never got into console gaming.
> >
> >  While I prefer not to use Windows for work, IMHO there just isn't a
> >  better gaming platform.
> >
> >
> >  ~Nate
> >
> >
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> I am pretty sure OpenGL supports both pixel shaders and particles.
>
> -Jon

This is the GLX 1.4 and OpenGL 2.1.2 extensions info listed in nvidia-settings 
on my laptop. Anybody know which OpenGL 2.1.2 extensions are for pixel 
shaders and particles?

GLX Information
   Direct Rendering:	Yes
   GLX Extensions:	GLX_EXT_visual_info
				GLX_EXT_visual_rating
				GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
				GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
				GLX_SGI_video_sync
				GLX_SGI_swap_control
				GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
				GLX_ARB_multisample
				GLX_NV_float_buffer
				GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
				GLX_ARB_get_proc_address

Server GLX Information
   Vendor:			NVIDIA Corporation
   Version:			1.4
   Extensions:		GLX_EXT_visual_info
				GLX_EXT_visual_rating
				GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
				GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
				GLX_SGI_video_sync
				GLX_SGI_swap_control
				GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
				GLX_ARB_multisample
				GLX_NV_float_buffer
				GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float

Client GLX Information
   Vendor:			NVIDIA Corporation
   Version:			1.4
   Extensions:		GLX_ARB_get_proc_address
				GLX_ARB_multisample
				GLX_EXT_visual_info
				GLX_EXT_visual_rating
				GLX_EXT_import_context
				GLX_SGI_video_sync
				GLX_NV_swap_group
				GLX_NV_video_out
				GLX_SGIX_fbconfig
				GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
				GLX_SGI_swap_control
				GLX_NV_float_buffer
				GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
				GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float
				GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap
				GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB

OpenGL Information
   Vendor:			NVIDIA Corporation
   Renderer:		GeForce 7150M / nForce 630M/PCI/SSE2/3DNOW!
   Version:			2.1.2 NVIDIA 169.12
   Extensions:		GL_ARB_color_buffer_float
				GL_ARB_depth_texture
				GL_ARB_draw_buffers
				GL_ARB_fragment_program
				GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow
				GL_ARB_fragment_shader
				GL_ARB_half_float_pixel
				GL_ARB_imaging
				GL_ARB_multisample
				GL_ARB_multitexture
				GL_ARB_occlusion_query
				GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object
				GL_ARB_point_parameters
				GL_ARB_point_sprite
				GL_ARB_shadow
				GL_ARB_shader_objects
				GL_ARB_shading_language_100
				GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp
				GL_ARB_texture_compression
				GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
				GL_ARB_texture_env_add
				GL_ARB_texture_env_combine
				GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3
				GL_ARB_texture_float
				GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat
				GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
				GL_ARB_texture_rectangle
				GL_ARB_transpose_matrix
				GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
				GL_ARB_vertex_program
				GL_ARB_vertex_shader
				GL_ARB_window_pos
				GL_ATI_draw_buffers
				GL_ATI_texture_float
				GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once
				GL_S3_s3tc
				GL_EXT_texture_env_add
				GL_EXT_abgr
				GL_EXT_bgra
				GL_EXT_blend_color
				GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate
				GL_EXT_blend_func_separate
				GL_EXT_blend_minmax
				GL_EXT_blend_subtract
				GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array
				GL_EXT_Cg_shader
				GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test
				GL_EXT_draw_range_elements
				GL_EXT_fog_coord
				GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit
				GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample
				GL_EXT_framebuffer_object
				GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters
				GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays
				GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil
				GL_EXT_packed_pixels
				GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object
				GL_EXT_point_parameters
				GL_EXT_rescale_normal
				GL_EXT_secondary_color
				GL_EXT_separate_specular_color
				GL_EXT_shadow_funcs
				GL_EXT_stencil_two_side
				GL_EXT_stencil_wrap
				GL_EXT_texture3D
				GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc
				GL_EXT_texture_cube_map
				GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp
				GL_EXT_texture_env_combine
				GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3
				GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
				GL_EXT_texture_lod
				GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
				GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp
				GL_EXT_texture_object
				GL_EXT_texture_sRGB
				GL_EXT_timer_query
				GL_EXT_vertex_array
				GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip
				GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat
				GL_KTX_buffer_region
				GL_NV_blend_square
				GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color
				GL_NV_depth_clamp
				GL_NV_fence
				GL_NV_float_buffer
				GL_NV_fog_distance
				GL_NV_fragment_program
				GL_NV_fragment_program_option
				GL_NV_fragment_program2
				GL_NV_framebuffer_multisample_coverage
				GL_NV_half_float
				GL_NV_light_max_exponent
				GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint
				GL_NV_occlusion_query
				GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil
				GL_NV_pixel_data_range
				GL_NV_point_sprite
				GL_NV_primitive_restart
				GL_NV_register_combiners
				GL_NV_register_combiners2
				GL_NV_texgen_reflection
				GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc
				GL_NV_texture_env_combine4
				GL_NV_texture_expand_normal
				GL_NV_texture_rectangle
				GL_NV_texture_shader
				GL_NV_texture_shader2
				GL_NV_texture_shader3
				GL_NV_vertex_array_range
				GL_NV_vertex_array_range2
				GL_NV_vertex_program
				GL_NV_vertex_program1_1
				GL_NV_vertex_program2
				GL_NV_vertex_program2_option
				GL_NV_vertex_program3
				GL_NVX_conditional_render
				GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap
				GL_SGIS_texture_lod
				GL_SGIX_depth_texture
				GL_SGIX_shadow
				GL_SUN_slice_accum