Carmack: Direct3D Now Better Than OpenGL

Posted by jhansonxi on Mar 12, 2011 10:12 PM EDT
Tom's Hardware; By Bit Gamer
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id Software mad scientist and first-person shooter "granddaddy" John Carmack said that DirectX has matured to the point where it's now a better API than OpenGL. It handles multi-threading better and newer versions manage state better. But he doesn't have plans in moving to DirectX any time soon, blaming inertia for the studio's continued use of OpenGL.

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