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Appendix D
NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History
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
•
GL_NV_fragment_program2
•
GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate
•
NV_vertex_program3
•
ATI_draw_buffers
•
ATI_texture_float
•
ATI_texture_mirror_once
•
GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
•
GL_NVX_centroid_sample
•
GL_NVX_conditional_render
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