NVIDIA ForceWare 177.89: OpenGL Extensions and OpenGL 3.0 Code Sample
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[French] Voici la liste des extensions OpenGL supportées par les pilotes Forceware 177.89 WinXP 32 pour une GeForce GTX 280. [/French] [English] Here is the list of OpenGL extensions supported by Forceware 177.89 WinXP 32 drivers for a GeForce GTX 280. [/English] |
[French]
Les ForceWare 177.89 sont les premiers pilotes à offrir le support OpenGL 3.0. Mais pour le moment, ce support n’est pas officiel. Il faut l’activer de manière logiciel grâce à l’utilitaire NVemulate de NVIDIA:

L’activation d’OpenGL 3.0 donne accès à une nouvelle extension WGL_ARB_create_context qui permet de créer un context de rendu OpenGL 3.0. Si vous souhaitez ouvrir la porte d’OpenGL 3.0, voilà le code nécessaire:
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[English]
Forceware 177.89 are the first drivers to offer the OpenGL 3.0 support. But currently, this support is not official. We have to enable it thanks to NVIDIA’s NVemulate utility:

OpenGL 3.0 activation gives an access to a new extension: WGL_ARB_create_context.
This extension makes it possible to create an OpenGL 3.0 rendering context. If you wish to explore the new world of OpenGL 3.0, here is the necessary code:
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// wglCreateContextAttribsARB prototype.
typedef HGLRC (APIENTRYP PFNWGLCREATECONTEXTATTRIBSARBPROC)\
(HDC, HGLRC, const int*);
PFNWGLCREATECONTEXTATTRIBSARBPROC wglCreateContextAttribsARB;
// Get a pointer on the create context func.
wglCreateContextAttribsARB = \
(PFNWGLCREATECONTEXTATTRIBSARBPROC) \
wglGetProcAddress("wglCreateContextAttribsARB");
// Create an OpenGL 3.0 context.
HGLRC gl3Ctx = wglCreateContextAttribsARB(dc, 0, NULL);
//
// Do something with this opengl 3.0 rendering context.
//
// Delete the context
wglDeleteContext( gl3Ctx );
gl3Ctx = NULL;
[French]
Ceci étant dit, voilà la liste des nouvelles extensions pour un contexte de rendu OpenGL 2.1 avec support OpenGL 3.0 activé:
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[English]
That said, here is the list of the new extensions for an OpenGL 2.1 rendering context with OpenGL 3.0 support enabled:
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- GL_ARB_draw_instanced
- GL_ARB_half_float_vertex
- GL_ARB_framebuffer_object
- GL_ARB_geometry_shader4
- GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object
- GL_ARB_vertex_array_object
- WGL_ARB_create_context
[French]Carte graphique utilisée[/French]
[English]Graphics card used[/English]: EVGA GeForce GTX 280 / 1Gb
- Drivers Version: Forceware 6.14.11.7789
- OpenGL Version: 2.1.2
- GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language) Version: 1.20 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
- OpenGL Renderer: GeForce GTX 280/PCI/SSE2
- Drivers Renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
- ARB Texture Units: 16
- Vertex Shader Texture Units: 32
- Pixel Shader Texture Units: 32
- Geometry Shader Texture Units: 32
- Max Texture Size: 8192×8192
- Max Anisotropic Filtering Value: X16.0
- Max Point Sprite Size: 63.4
- Max Dynamic Lights: 8
- Max Viewport Size: 8192×8192
- Max Vertex Uniform Components: 4096
- Max Fragment Uniform Components: 2048
- Max Varying Float: 60
- Max Vertex Bindable Uniforms: 12
- Max Fragment Bindable Uniforms: 12
- Max Geometry Bindable Uniforms: 12
- MSAA: 2X
- MSAA: 4X
- MSAA: 8X
- MSAA: 16X
- MSAA: 32X
OpenGL Extensions: 168 extensions
[French]
Les extensions des anciens pilotes ForceWare se trouvent ICI.
Vous pouvez utiliser GPU Caps Viewer pour récupérer la liste des extensions de votre carte graphique.
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[English]
The extensions exposed by the old ForceWare drivers are HERE.
You can use GPU Caps Viewer to retrieve the list of extensions of your graphics card.
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- GL_ARB_color_buffer_float
- GL_ARB_depth_texture
- GL_ARB_draw_buffers
- GL_ARB_draw_instanced
- GL_ARB_fragment_program
- GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow
- GL_ARB_fragment_shader
- GL_ARB_half_float_pixel
- GL_ARB_half_float_vertex
- GL_ARB_framebuffer_object
- GL_ARB_geometry_shader4
- GL_ARB_imaging
- GL_ARB_multisample
- GL_ARB_multitexture
- GL_ARB_occlusion_query
- GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object
- GL_ARB_point_parameters
- GL_ARB_point_sprite
- GL_ARB_shadow
- GL_ARB_shader_objects
- GL_ARB_shading_language_100
- GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp
- GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object
- GL_ARB_texture_compression
- GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
- GL_ARB_texture_env_add
- GL_ARB_texture_env_combine
- GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3
- GL_ARB_texture_float
- GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat
- GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
- GL_ARB_texture_rectangle
- GL_ARB_transpose_matrix
- GL_ARB_vertex_array_object
- GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
- GL_ARB_vertex_program
- GL_ARB_vertex_shader
- GL_ARB_window_pos
- GL_ATI_draw_buffers
- GL_ATI_texture_float
- GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once
- GL_S3_s3tc
- GL_EXT_texture_env_add
- GL_EXT_abgr
- GL_EXT_bgra
- GL_EXT_blend_color
- GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate
- GL_EXT_blend_func_separate
- GL_EXT_blend_minmax
- GL_EXT_blend_subtract
- GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array
- GL_EXT_Cg_shader
- GL_EXT_bindable_uniform
- GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test
- GL_EXT_draw_buffers2
- GL_EXT_draw_instanced
- GL_EXT_draw_range_elements
- GL_EXT_fog_coord
- GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit
- GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample
- GL_EXT_framebuffer_object
- GL_EXTX_framebuffer_mixed_formats
- GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
- GL_EXT_geometry_shader4
- GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters
- GL_EXT_gpu_shader4
- GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays
- GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil
- GL_EXT_packed_float
- GL_EXT_packed_pixels
- GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object
- GL_EXT_point_parameters
- GL_EXT_rescale_normal
- GL_EXT_secondary_color
- GL_EXT_separate_specular_color
- GL_EXT_shadow_funcs
- GL_EXT_stencil_two_side
- GL_EXT_stencil_wrap
- GL_EXT_texture3D
- GL_EXT_texture_array
- GL_EXT_texture_buffer_object
- GL_EXT_texture_compression_latc
- GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc
- GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc
- GL_EXT_texture_cube_map
- GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp
- GL_EXT_texture_env_combine
- GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3
- GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
- GL_EXT_texture_integer
- GL_EXT_texture_lod
- GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
- GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp
- GL_EXT_texture_object
- GL_EXT_texture_sRGB
- GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent
- GL_EXT_timer_query
- GL_EXT_vertex_array
- GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip
- GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat
- GL_KTX_buffer_region
- GL_NV_blend_square
- GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color
- GL_NV_depth_buffer_float
- GL_NV_conditional_render
- GL_NV_depth_clamp
- GL_NV_fence
- GL_NV_float_buffer
- GL_NV_fog_distance
- GL_NV_fragment_program
- GL_NV_fragment_program_option
- GL_NV_fragment_program2
- GL_NV_framebuffer_multisample_coverage
- GL_NV_geometry_shader4
- GL_NV_gpu_program4
- GL_NV_half_float
- GL_NV_light_max_exponent
- GL_NV_multisample_coverage
- GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint
- GL_NV_occlusion_query
- GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil
- GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object
- GL_NV_pixel_data_range
- GL_NV_point_sprite
- GL_NV_primitive_restart
- GL_NV_register_combiners
- GL_NV_register_combiners2
- GL_NV_texgen_reflection
- GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc
- GL_NV_texture_env_combine4
- GL_NV_texture_expand_normal
- GL_NV_texture_rectangle
- GL_NV_texture_shader
- GL_NV_texture_shader2
- GL_NV_texture_shader3
- GL_NV_transform_feedback
- GL_NV_transform_feedback2
- GL_NV_vertex_array_range
- GL_NV_vertex_array_range2
- GL_NV_vertex_program
- GL_NV_vertex_program1_1
- GL_NV_vertex_program2
- GL_NV_vertex_program2_option
- GL_NV_vertex_program3
- GL_NVX_conditional_render
- GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap
- GL_SGIS_texture_lod
- GL_SGIX_depth_texture
- GL_SGIX_shadow
- GL_SUN_slice_accum
- GL_WIN_swap_hint
- WGL_EXT_swap_control
- WGL_ARB_buffer_region
- WGL_ARB_extensions_string
- WGL_ARB_make_current_read
- WGL_ARB_multisample
- WGL_ARB_pbuffer
- WGL_ARB_pixel_format
- WGL_ARB_pixel_format_float
- WGL_ARB_render_texture
- WGL_ATI_pixel_format_float
- WGL_EXT_extensions_string
- WGL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
- WGL_EXT_pixel_format_packed_float
- WGL_NV_float_buffer
- WGL_NV_multisample_coverage
- WGL_NV_render_depth_texture
- WGL_NV_render_texture_rectangle
[French]
La description détaillée de chaque extension peut être trouvée aux adresses suivantes:
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[English]
A more detailed description of each extension can be found at the following addresses:
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