both the opengl sample as well as the sfml libraries are built in release mode (and with all settings as per the original vcproj)
and heres the verbose:lib output, although I don't think it's of much use...
1>Linking...
1>Searching libraries
1> Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\\lib\opengl32.lib:
1> Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\\lib\glu32.lib:
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1> Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\\lib\odbc32.lib:
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1> Searching ..\..\..\lib\vc2008\sfml-window-s.lib:
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1>Finished searching libraries
1>LINK : warning LNK4098: defaultlib 'LIBCMT' conflicts with use of other libs; use /NODEFAULTLIB:library
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1> Searching C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\\lib\opengl32.lib:
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1>Finished searching libraries