Enhancements In Driver Performance; 3D Graphics Api Enhancements - Nvidia VCQFX550PCIEPB - Quadro FX 550 User Manual

Appendix C
NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History
• Enhanced OpenGL support
Improved texture memory management and bandwidth utilization

Enhancements in Driver Performance

• Enhanced Robustness
The ForceWare Release 60 graphics driver offers more robust stability and
compatibility in DirectX support, antialiasing, and desktop rotation.
• Reduction of OCA issues
• Dynamic video memory streamlines operating system resources for large frame
buffer configurations

3D Graphics API Enhancements

Direct3D
DirectX 9.0c Support
OpenGL
• New drivers for the OpenGL ARB shading language (GLSL)
• Enhanced support for Windows XP 64-Bit Edition and IA32-E.
• New extensions
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GL_NV_fragment_program2
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GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate
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NV_vertex_program3
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ATI_draw_buffers
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ATI_texture_float
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ATI_texture_mirror_once
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GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
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GL_NVX_centroid_sample
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GL_NVX_conditional_render
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