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submitted 1 month ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

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[–] amlor@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Forget for a second what you know about the mentioned projects and read the title again.

[–] rudyharrelson@lemmy.radio 48 points 1 month ago (4 children)

[–] vividspecter@aussie.zone [S] 42 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Vulkan = main graphical API used on Linux
OpenGL = old graphical API
Zink = used to translate OpenGL into Vulkan, so only one API needs to be supported natively

Benefits: ease maintenance burden and gain support of Vulkan layers and utilities with OpenGL apps

Downsides: Performance in theory, but probably minimal difference in the case of the hardware Valve is using

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[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Old Graphics Layer. OGL.

Man, makes me feel old too.