ATI Catalyst OpenGL 4.0 preview driver

EastCoasthandle · Mar 26, 2010, 01:16 AM

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ATI Catalyst OpenGL 4.0 preview driver:

New Features:

Fully supports the OpenGL 4.0 specification on the ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series.

Fully supports the OpenGL 3.3 specification on the ATI Radeon HD Series & ATI FirePro Graphics Adapters.

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There is yet another driver update from ATI. This one indicates support for OpenGL 4.0/3.3. However, this is a newer driver from Cat 10.3a dated 3-23-2010. Cat 10.3 is dated 3-13-2010.

March 29, 2010 preview OpenGL 4.0 Dirvers

alexsubri · Mar 26, 2010, 02:30 AM

I'm an OpenGL noob, so what does 4.0 have to offer? Does it make the games appear better? What is it's main purpose aposed to Directx 11

Loosenut · Mar 26, 2010, 02:34 AM

I'm curious too as I know next to nothing when it comes to OpenGL, OpenCL...

InnocentCriminal · Mar 26, 2010, 09:15 AM

Do we know if this OpenGL set have the same improvements as the 10.3a (included)?

RejZoR · Mar 26, 2010, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by alexsubri

I'm an OpenGL noob, so what does 4.0 have to offer? Does it make the games appear better? What is it's main purpose aposed to Directx 11

OpenGL 4.0 is basically the same thing as Direct3D 11 (included in DirectX 11). They are two separate types of libraries but they feature functions that yeld very similar if not the same results.

HalfAHertz · Mar 26, 2010, 10:03 AM

Does this increase performance in OGL 1,5 and 2,1 based apps, like google earth or sketchup?

REVHEAD · Mar 26, 2010, 10:40 AM

Open GL is basically Glide 3D , things like quake and Halflife, duke nukem ect run open gl, it is a superior 3d code than DX but unfortunantly not many developers use it anymore.

ZCommander · Mar 26, 2010, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by REVHEAD

Open GL is basically Glide 3D , things like quake and Halflife, duke nukem ect run open gl, it is a superior 3d code than DX but unfortunantly not many developers use it anymore.

Superior !! The last time OpenGL was superior was during the time of OpenGL 1.5 after that Direct X started started to pull ahead, I dunno about OpenGL 4 though!

sweeper · Mar 26, 2010, 08:15 PM

wow.... I ran Cinebench OpenGL test:

Before the OpenGL 4.0 - 19.93 FPS
After the OpenGL 4.0 - 37.28 FPS

Freaky....

EastCoasthandle · Mar 26, 2010, 08:21 PM

Wow, another driver update. This time Cat 10.3B Preview Drivers. This fixes the large cursor bug and flickering in BC2.

epicfail · Mar 26, 2010, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by EastCoasthandle

Wow, another driver update. This time Cat 10.3B Preview Drivers. This fixes the large cursor bug and flickering in BC2.

oh yes

flickering in the cinematics and randomly was annoying not often but it didnt happen a bit.

sweeper · Mar 26, 2010, 08:47 PM

DAAAMMNNN.... AMD/ATI is on the MOVE!

sweeper · Mar 26, 2010, 08:55 PM

"installer integrity check has failed. Common causes include incomplete download and damaged media. Contact the installers author to get a new copy" etc..

Supposedly they are trying to fix the error.

EastCoasthandle · Mar 31, 2010, 01:05 AM

Yet, another driver was released yesterday this one is OpenGL 4.0 version 2 (dated: March 29, 2010)

InnocentCriminal · Mar 31, 2010, 07:46 AM

Bloody 'ell!

XD

DriedFrogPills · Mar 31, 2010, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by sweeper

wow.... I ran Cinebench OpenGL test:

Before the OpenGL 4.0 - 19.93 FPS
After the OpenGL 4.0 - 37.28 FPS

Freaky....

i wonder if this means wolfenstein framerates will increase

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