This new preview driver of Catalyst 11.10 seems to officialy expose the OpenGL extension required by id Software’s Rage game:
- WGL_EXT_swap_control_tear
Here is the software information from CCC:
And here is GPU Caps Viewer information for a Radeon HD 6970:
You can download this preview driver here:
This third preview of Catalyst 11.10 is an OpenGL 4.2 driver (OpenGL Version: 4.2.11299) and exposes 232 OpenGL extensions:
- GL_AMDX_debug_output
- GL_AMDX_vertex_shader_tessellator
- GL_AMD_blend_minmax_factor
- GL_AMD_conservative_depth
- GL_AMD_debug_output
- GL_AMD_depth_clamp_separate
- GL_AMD_draw_buffers_blend
- GL_AMD_multi_draw_indirect
- GL_AMD_name_gen_delete
- GL_AMD_performance_monitor
- GL_AMD_pinned_memory
- GL_AMD_sample_positions
- GL_AMD_seamless_cubemap_per_texture
- GL_AMD_shader_stencil_export
- GL_AMD_shader_trace
- GL_AMD_texture_cube_map_array
- GL_AMD_texture_texture4
- GL_AMD_transform_feedback3_lines_triangles
- GL_AMD_vertex_shader_tessellator
- GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility
- GL_ARB_base_instance
- GL_ARB_blend_func_extended
- GL_ARB_color_buffer_float
- GL_ARB_compressed_texture_pixel_storage
- GL_ARB_conservative_depth
- GL_ARB_copy_buffer
- GL_ARB_debug_output
- GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float
- GL_ARB_depth_clamp
- GL_ARB_depth_texture
- GL_ARB_draw_buffers
- GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend
- GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex
- GL_ARB_draw_indirect
- GL_ARB_draw_instanced
- GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location
- GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions
- GL_ARB_fragment_program
- GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow
- GL_ARB_fragment_shader
- GL_ARB_framebuffer_object
- GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB
- GL_ARB_geometry_shader4
- GL_ARB_get_program_binary
- GL_ARB_gpu_shader5
- GL_ARB_gpu_shader_fp64
- GL_ARB_half_float_pixel
- GL_ARB_half_float_vertex
- GL_ARB_imaging
- GL_ARB_instanced_arrays
- GL_ARB_internalformat_query
- GL_ARB_map_buffer_alignment
- GL_ARB_map_buffer_range
- GL_ARB_multisample
- GL_ARB_multitexture
- GL_ARB_occlusion_query
- GL_ARB_occlusion_query2
- GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object
- GL_ARB_point_parameters
- GL_ARB_point_sprite
- GL_ARB_provoking_vertex
- GL_ARB_sample_shading
- GL_ARB_sampler_objects
- GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map
- GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects
- GL_ARB_shader_atomic_counters
- GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding
- GL_ARB_shader_image_load_store
- GL_ARB_shader_objects
- GL_ARB_shader_precision
- GL_ARB_shader_stencil_export
- GL_ARB_shader_subroutine
- GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod
- GL_ARB_shading_language_100
- GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack
- GL_ARB_shading_language_packing
- GL_ARB_shadow
- GL_ARB_shadow_ambient
- GL_ARB_sync
- GL_ARB_tessellation_shader
- GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp
- GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object
- GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object_rgb32
- GL_ARB_texture_compression
- GL_ARB_texture_compression_bptc
- GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc
- GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
- GL_ARB_texture_cube_map_array
- GL_ARB_texture_env_add
- GL_ARB_texture_env_combine
- GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar
- GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3
- GL_ARB_texture_float
- GL_ARB_texture_gather
- GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat
- GL_ARB_texture_multisample
- GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
- GL_ARB_texture_query_lod
- GL_ARB_texture_rectangle
- GL_ARB_texture_rg
- GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui
- GL_ARB_texture_snorm
- GL_ARB_texture_storage
- GL_ARB_timer_query
- GL_ARB_transform_feedback2
- GL_ARB_transform_feedback3
- GL_ARB_transform_feedback_instanced
- GL_ARB_transpose_matrix
- GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object
- GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra
- GL_ARB_vertex_array_object
- GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_64bit
- GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
- GL_ARB_vertex_program
- GL_ARB_vertex_shader
- GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev
- GL_ARB_viewport_array
- GL_ARB_window_pos
- GL_ATI_draw_buffers
- GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap
- GL_ATI_fragment_shader
- GL_ATI_meminfo
- GL_ATI_separate_stencil
- GL_ATI_texture_compression_3dc
- GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3
- GL_ATI_texture_float
- GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once
- GL_EXT_abgr
- GL_EXT_bgra
- GL_EXT_bindable_uniform
- 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_copy_buffer
- GL_EXT_copy_texture
- GL_EXT_direct_state_access
- 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_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
- GL_EXT_geometry_shader4
- GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters
- GL_EXT_gpu_shader4
- GL_EXT_histogram
- 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_provoking_vertex
- GL_EXT_rescale_normal
- GL_EXT_secondary_color
- GL_EXT_separate_specular_color
- GL_EXT_shader_image_load_store
- GL_EXT_shadow_funcs
- GL_EXT_stencil_wrap
- GL_EXT_subtexture
- GL_EXT_texgen_reflection
- GL_EXT_texture3D
- GL_EXT_texture_array
- GL_EXT_texture_buffer_object
- GL_EXT_texture_compression_bptc
- 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_add
- 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_rectangle
- GL_EXT_texture_sRGB
- GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent
- GL_EXT_texture_snorm
- GL_EXT_texture_storage
- GL_EXT_texture_swizzle
- GL_EXT_timer_query
- GL_EXT_transform_feedback
- GL_EXT_vertex_array
- GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra
- GL_EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit
- GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat
- GL_KTX_buffer_region
- GL_NV_blend_square
- GL_NV_conditional_render
- GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color
- GL_NV_explicit_multisample
- GL_NV_float_buffer
- GL_NV_half_float
- GL_NV_primitive_restart
- GL_NV_texgen_reflection
- GL_NV_texture_barrier
- GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap
- GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp
- GL_SGIS_texture_lod
- GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays
- GL_WIN_swap_hint
- WGL_EXT_swap_control
- WGL_ARB_extensions_string
- WGL_ARB_pixel_format
- WGL_ATI_pixel_format_float
- WGL_ARB_pixel_format_float
- WGL_ARB_multisample
- WGL_EXT_swap_control_tear
- WGL_ARB_pbuffer
- WGL_ARB_render_texture
- WGL_ARB_make_current_read
- WGL_EXT_extensions_string
- WGL_ARB_buffer_region
- WGL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
- WGL_ATI_render_texture_rectangle
- WGL_EXT_pixel_format_packed_float
- WGL_I3D_genlock
- WGL_NV_swap_group
- WGL_ARB_create_context
- WGL_AMD_gpu_association
- WGL_AMDX_gpu_association
- WGL_ARB_create_context_profile
Source: Geeks3D’s forums
What about testing preview 3 in Rage? I am afraid that Preview 3 is buggy like Preview 2.I get a lot of crashes in Rage with Preview 2 but with Rage Performance Driver all is ok.
I have not noticed a difference but preview 2 was running fine for me.
Wonder when NVIDIA users will get the swap tear extension.
leith – it’s already available in nv-preview drivers:
http://www.opengl.org/discussion_boards/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=300913
Just like the past driver GPU Caps Viewer is crashing at OpenGL context init… here with 2 6970m(s)… crossfire enabled or disabled no diff.. I wonder why yours works…
Hmm interesting. Wonder when we will see it documented officially.
They seem to have added Crossfire support for Rage.
I’ve already finished Rage (well, about 10 hours and you’re done with everything) and I don’t feel like to playing again, so it’s kind of funny to see preview drivers for an game that’s already dead and done for me.
Anyone else got that same feeling?
LOL through last three years both AMD and NVidia added many extensions, Kronos made OpenGL 3.0-4.2 and what we see? We see that RAGE demands something new. It’s funny, very, very funny, because all this time I thought that when RAGE will out, it would fit good for recent videodrivers.
This allows setting the vsync option for AMD GPU Systems to smart. So it turns off the vsync in scenes where the system can’t render at 60 Hz and turns it on otherwise. But it doenst seem to work correctly for me because the vsync set to smart brings me stuttering and setting vync off except application demands otherwise in the driver lets rage crash to the start.
@Freak
I just finished the game, did last lvl with the preview 3 xD anyway the game is not dead for me! not even close.. i will beat it again, in Nightmare mode, and this time enjoy with good grafics quality…. The game was far to good for me as doom/quake fan. (last level was 100% quake!)
oh also forgot to add… the game would be COMPLETE if would have 1 more map.. game was to short, even i did like 100 bash tvs/races and every single side mision.
Hope we see more DLC for this game, and good one for SP game and not only MP.