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Appendix D
NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History
Control Panels
TwinView,
Digital
Vibrance
Control,
OpenGL,
and
Direct3D
features
have
associated
NVIDIA
‐
specific
windows
(control
panels)
from
which
these
features
can
be
configured.
These
control
panels
are
normally
accessed
by
following
one
of
these
procedures
from
the
Windows
active
desktop:
• Click
Start
>
Settings
>
Control
Panel
>
Display
>
Settings
>
Advanced
or
• Click
the
right
mouse
button
and
select
Properties
>
Settings
>
Advanced
.
Release 5 Enhancements
The
Release
5
driver
adds
capabilities
in
the
following
areas:
OpenGL
Changes
have
been
made
to
the
core,
extensions,
performance,
and
available
features
of
OpenGL.
OpenGL 1.2 Core
Release
5
adds
all
the
features
that
constitute
the
OpenGL
1.2
core
capabilities:
• BGRA
pixel
formats
• packed
pixel
formats
(plus
R5_G6_B5
formats
and
reversed
formats)
• rescaling
vertex
normals
• specular
highlights
after
texturing
• level
‐
of
‐
detail
control
for
mipmapped
textures
(supported
in
software
on
TNT2)
• texture
coordinate
edge
clamping
• 3
‐
D
textures
(performed
in
software
on
all
platforms)
• vertex
array
subranges
for
optimizing
vertex
array
processing
(
glDrawRangeElements()
retains
the
performance
of
glDrawElements()
)
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