To know if you use hardware or generic renderer in OpenGL

If you put this code in your init routine, you'll be able to know what you're really using in OpenGL

char *r = (char *)glGetString(GL_RENDERER);
char *v = (char *)glGetString(GL_VENDOR);
char *ver = (char *)glGetString(GL_VERSION);
char *ext = (char*)glGetString(GL_EXTENSIONS);

Then you run in debug mode and put a break point in front of the first line. A few step latter, you'll be able to know if you use hardware or generic renderer.

 

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