NVIDIA首先宣布支持OpenGL3 新驱动已可下载

OpenGL3图形标准正式发布不久,NVIDIA即率先出面宣布他们将对其提供支持,目前一个Beta版本的驱动已经发布,支持GeForce 8-, 9-和GTX系列显卡,当然也支持Quadro.
除此之外,新的驱动还带来了32位浮点颜色和更多几何与顶点数据计算的改进.



下载:Driver 177.89 - Open GL 3.0 - Siggraph 2008

Desktop: GeForce 8000 series or higher; GeForce GTX 260, 280; Quadro FX 370, 570, 1700, 3700, 4600, 4700x2, 5600
Notebook: GeForce 8000 series or higher; Quadro FX 360M, 370M, 570M, 770M, 1600M, 1700M, 2700M, 3600M, 3700M
This driver implements all of GLSL 1.30 and all of OpenGL 3.0, except for the following functionality:

• One-channel (RED) and two-channel (RG) textures
• Mixed size FBO attachments (mixed-format attachments are supported)
• The Clearbuffer API
• Windowless rendering support (We suggest you use GPU affinity instead)
• Forward-compatible context
• Debug Context

This driver exposes the following new extensions:
OpenGL 2.1 extensions: ARB_vertex_array_object ARB_framebuffer_object ARB_half_float_vertex OpenGL 3.0 extensions: WGL_create_context ARB_draw_instanced ARB_geometry_shader4 ARB_texture_buffer_object WGL_create_context The OpenGL 3.0 and GLSL 1.30 specifications can be downloaded here: http://www.opengl.org/registry/

For any bugs or issues, please file a bug through the developer website: https://nvdeveloper.nvidia.com/
177.89 Downloads, Available 13 August 2008

• [Download for Windows XP (32-bit)]
• [Download for Windows XP (64-bit)]
• [Download for Vista (32-bit)]
• [Download for Vista (64-bit)]
• nvemulate home page (needed to control OpenGL 3.0 features)