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Appendix D
NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History
• Application
monitor
exclusions
and
inclusions
• Internet
Explorer
pop
‐
up
prevention
• Monitor
grids
• Keystone
luma
compensation
• Multiview
support
• nViewCmd
• NVManagement
• Faster
desktop
switching
• Integrated
control
panels
• New
Setup
Wizard
• Driver
independence
DirectX Graphics
• Floating
point
render
targets
• Multi
‐
element
textures
• Improved
antialiasing
compatibility
• Improved
shader
handling
and
stability
• Improved
render
‐
to
‐
texture
performance
OpenGL
• Windows
9x
Rotation
Support
• New
Extensions
Supported
•
GL_ARB_occlusion_query
• Faster
Vertex
Processing
Pipeline—Improved
geometry
processing
and
display
list
support
• Faster
vertex
and
fragment
program
compilers.
• Improved
support
for
ARB_vertex_buffer_object
extension
(vbo).
• Improved
stability
during
mode
switches,
antialiasing,
and
UBB
• Faster
texture
downloads
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