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3 minutes ago, 1ppOverheat said:

You need to download it https://developer.nvidia.com/opengl-driver

NVIDIA's drivers do come with OpenGL-support, there is no need to download it separately.

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1 minute ago, Pc6777 said:

quick question, im curious about open gl. I know some games i run need it and I have it, but how did i get it? is it built into windows by default? or is it built into Nvidias/amds drivers?

It's the same as DirectX: WIndows has support for it and the drivers add hardware-acceleration to it.

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3 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

It's the same as DirectX: WIndows has support for it and the drivers add hardware-acceleration to it.

so open gl is already in windows by default, you never actually download it? and direct x is in windows by default so you never actually download that either? so a physical windows iso disk or whatever has direct x and open gl in it?

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5 minutes ago, Pc6777 said:

quick question, im curious about open gl. I know some games i run need it and I have it, but how did i get it? is it built into windows by default? or is it built into Nvidias/amds drivers?

You need to download it https://developer.nvidia.com/opengl-driver

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1 minute ago, Pc6777 said:

so open gl is already in windows by default

Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. If you are missing OpenGL, visit this link https://developer.nvidia.com/opengl-driver and download/install it through there.

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Just now, 1ppOverheat said:

Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. If you are missing OpenGL, visit this link https://developer.nvidia.com/opengl-driver and download/install it through there.

is it in the normal nvidia drivers? I checked the latest driver in GeForce experience is the same as the one the open gl thing sent me too.

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OpenGL should be included with the graphics drivers. I don't recall having to install it separately since the Windows 98 days

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3 minutes ago, 1ppOverheat said:

You need to download it https://developer.nvidia.com/opengl-driver

NVIDIA's drivers do come with OpenGL-support, there is no need to download it separately.

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5 minutes ago, Pc6777 said:

so open gl is already in windows by default, you never actually download it? and direct x is in windows by default so you never actually download that either? so a physical windows iso disk or whatever has direct x and open gl in it?

Yes.

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1 minute ago, Natty Ice said:

OpenGL should be included with the graphics drivers. I don't recall having to install it separately since the Windows 98 days

ok that explains how I got Minecraft to work on a pc with no internet with a fresh install of windows by just installing gpu drivers and java from a flash drive. 

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2 minutes ago, WereCatf said:

NVIDIA's drivers do come with OpenGL-support, there is no need to download it separately.

Yes but sometimes it could be missing. It was missing for me so i just downloaded it seperately and it was fixed.

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