I must admit to having heard something similar to you WILL though my issue with a lot of the new OpenGl stuff is that a lot of computers I use are knocking on 3 years of age and although all but one are intel GMA chips the standard of the new OpenGl implementations seems to vary greatly (*cough*ATI*cough*). Oh, and I still havent come accross much in the way of tutorials and native FPC support (I'm lazy when it comes to unit hunting )

Of course if anyone has any pointers in these departments all suggestions are welcome Especially since I'm not getting any luck on this front...