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low level api or graphics library? [closed]

Well, I want to learn game development, I've already know a little bit about xna, ogre and DX but, I want to choose one of them and stick with it. I'm not trying to make a "directx vs xna, ogre vs ...
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Ogre 3D Visibility Advice

I would like an advice about some real-time rendering optimization. I'm rendering a BSP level, by only using the mesh, textures, entities, and lightmaps, not using VIS at all. I'm trying to make my ...
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Under what circumstances will a PIX 'Render' be different to the actual 'render'?

I am trying to implement dual-pass alpha sorting using Ogre material scripts, as part of my debugging attempts I want to compare two PIX captures, but when I attempt to debug a pixel in PIX, ...
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Can I load OGRE's mesh file via direct3d?

I just posted this question over at the the OGRE 3D forums, and I wanted to post it here as well. I'm a newbie here, just found that OGRE is an amazing engine for 3d programming. Using the Entity ...
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Any dirty/cheap, lightweight 3d engine, beginner friendly out there?

I got 2 questions, the 2nd is more some kind of opinion question. 1st question: Everybody heard of panda3d, OGRE and IrrLicht: they are great engines, with a lot of features. With OGRE you can do ...