2007-03-09 23:25:17 · 3 answers · asked by asbestosdiagram 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
its part of the video driver and directx ... the support is there for it in xp .... the main concern is hardware and ur videocard has to support it ..
2007-03-09 23:28:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The vast majority of graphics cards support OpenGL, and the graphic card driver gives Windows OpenGL capabilities.
However, the video drivers on the Windows XP do not support OpenG, but alternative technology by Microsoft called directX. So the answer to your question is: No, windows XP does not natively support OpenGL standard.
Note that OpenGL support in Windows Vista is even worse.
2007-03-10 07:45:03 · answer #2 · answered by Régis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OpenGL is a programming language. Its functions can be compiled via such as Microsoft Visual C/C++. In days of old, in order to run OpenGL compiled code using hardware acceleration, the graphics card software needed an OpenGL Mini-Client Driver (MCD) or an Installable Client Driver (ICD). Without these, OpenGL programs would still run but slowly, using a Microsoft supplied software emulator. Also, in order to run via Windows 95, GLU32.DLL and OPENGL32.DLL had to be supplied with the program. Subsequently, these OpenGL facilities have been provided in Windows and most graphics drivers.
These DLLs are not listed as DirectX files in DXDiag. On this XP PC, they were updated via Service Pack 1.
2007-03-10 08:32:12 · answer #3 · answered by ROY L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋