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Appendix D
NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History
•
Stereo
DIN
connector
support
•
VSYNC
Off
with
3D
Stereo
•
Stereo
API
for
developers
• OpenGL
enhancement
•
New
render_to_texture
extension
Release 20 Enhancements
The
Release
20
driver
offers
new
features
not
found
in
previous
releases
of
the
NVIDIA
Driver
for
Windows.
• OpenGL
1.3
ICD
with
NVIDIA
extensions
• OpenGL
performance
optimizations
• Optimized
DirectX
pipeline
with
NVIDIA
pixel
and
vertex
shaders.
• Full
support
for
Windows
XP,
including
•
Full
hardware
acceleration
for
Windows
XP
GUI
features
•
Accelerated
Windows
XP
3D
performance
through
the
NVIDIA
XPress
Link
technology
Release 10 Enhancements
The
Release
10
driver
offers
new
features
not
found
in
previous
releases
of
the
NVIDIA
Driver
for
Windows.
• Support
for
Microsoft
DirectX
®
8
• Support
for
Microsoft
DirectX
®
VA
1.0.
• NVIDIA
3D
Stereo
(requires
installation
of
the
optional
Stereoscopic
driver).
The
driver
provides
stereoscopic
viewing
capabilities
for
games
and
still
images.
• Special
support
for
NVIDIA
GeForce3
capabilities:
•
Pixel
and
Vertex
Shader
support
for
DirectX
8
and
OpenGL®.
•
Quincunx
antialiasing
option
for
enhanced
image
quality
and
performance.
• AMD®
Athlon™
Processor
and
Intel®
Pentium®
4
Processor
optimizations
• Improved
TwinView
interface
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