AMD announced wide-ranging support of OpenGL 4.1 for Microsoft
Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Linux across select ATI
FirePro, ATI FireGL and AMD Radeon graphics cards.
The new functionality is made possible with the release of the latest
professional and consumer graphics drivers, ATI FirePro and ATI
FireGL unified driver 8.801, and AMD CatalystTM 10.12, available on
the
AMD website.
AMD's driver for OpenGL 4.1 includes:
* Full compatibility with the OpenGL 4.1 standard on AMD?s most
recent graphics products including ATI FirePro V3800, ATI FirePro
V4800, ATI FirePro V5800, ATI FirePro V7800, ATI FirePro V8800 and
ATI FirePro V9800 and the AMD Radeon HD 6900 and AMD Radeon HD 6800
graphics cards:
o Improved OpenCL interoperability for accelerating
computationally intensive visual applications
o Continued support for both the Core and Compatibility
profiles first introduced with OpenGL 3.2, enabling developers to use
a streamlined API or retain backwards compatibility for existing
OpenGL code, depending on their needs
o Easier porting between mobile and desktop platforms with
full OpenGL ES 2.0 API compatibility
o Ability to query and load a binary for shader program
objects to save re-compilation time
o Capability to bind programs individually to programmable
stages for programming flexibility
o Higher geometric precision with 64-bit floating-point
component vertex shader inputs
o Increased rendering flexibility with multiple viewports
for a rendering surface
* Support for new ARB extension introduced with OpenGL
4.1:
o Ability to set stencil values in a fragment shader for
enhanced rendering flexibility
o Callback mechanisms to receive enhanced errors and
warning messages