Category Archives: Drivers

GLSL support in Intel graphics drivers

Posted on June 11, 2008 by JeGX

A user from oZone3D.Net forum asked me some info about the GLSL support of Intel graphics chips. It’s wellknown (sorry Intel) that Intel has a bad OpenGL support in its Windows drivers and even if Intel’s graphics drivers support OpenGL … Continue reading →

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NVIDIA Forceware 174.20: OpenGL Extensions

Posted on March 16, 2008 by JeGX

Here is the list of OpenGL extensions supported by Forceware 174.20 drivers. OpenGL Extensions: 161 extensions OpenGL Extensions: 161 extensions

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ATI Catalyst 8.3: OpenGL Extensions

Posted on March 16, 2008 by JeGX

Here is the list of OpenGL extensions supported by Catalyst 8.3 drivers. There are 96 extensions. Drivers Version: 8.471.0.0 – Catalyst 08.3 ATI Catalyst Version String: 08.3 ATI Catalyst Release Version String: 8.471-080225a1-059746C-ATI

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ForceWare 163.75 et Occlusion Query

Posted on February 6, 2008 by JeGX

Je viens de passer deux heures de debug pour rien à cause d’un bug dans les Forceware 163.75. Une de mes routines qui utilise les fonctions de l’extension GL_ARB_occlusion_query plantait dès que le nombre de demandes devenait un peu grand … Continue reading →

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Catalyst 8.1 GLSL lighting bug fixed

Posted on January 17, 2008 by JeGX

The previous catalyst (7.11 / 7.12) had a nasty bug in dynamic lights management in GLSL. I’ve just tested the latest Catalyst 8.1 WHQL with the Demoniak3D demo I coded for, and the bug has been fixed. In the release … Continue reading →

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A cumbersome bug in the Catalyst 7.12

Posted on January 10, 2008 by JeGX

The latest Catalyst version is the 7.12 (the Cat7.12 internal number is 8.442.0.0). But exactly like the Cat7.11, these drivers have a bug in the management of dynamic lights in GLSL. But this time, I searhed for the source of … Continue reading →

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Les Catalyst 7.12 toujours à la sauce “Bug-Inside”

Posted on January 10, 2008 by JeGX

Les derniers pilotes Catalyst ont la version 7.12 (le numéro interne des Cat7.12 est le 8.442.0.0 – c’est pas un téléphone ok!). Mais exactement comme les 7.11, ces drivers ont un bug dans la gestion des lumières dynamiques en GLSL. … Continue reading →

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Les nouveaux Catalyst 7.11 à la sauce “Bug-Inside”

Posted on December 10, 2007 by JeGX

ATI vient de nous livrer les nouveaux Catalyst 7.11 pour nos belles Radeon. Mais on dirait que ça commence à être une habitude chez les petits gars d’ATI de nous pondre des pilotes bogués surtout pour les nouvelles cartes! Souvenez-vous … Continue reading →

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Catalyst 7.9 and Radeon 2K Shadow Mapping Bug

Posted on September 12, 2007 by JeGX

I found this bug while I was coding a new small soft shadows demo for GPU Caps Viewer. Soft shadows are built on shadow mapping and my OpenGL shadow mapping code works perfectly on all Geforce 6/7/8 and Radeon 1k … Continue reading →

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Dynamic branching and NVIDIA Forceware Drivers

Posted on May 22, 2007 by JeGX

Several weeks ago, I posted on Beyond3D a thread on my dynamic branching benchmark. I wondered why dynamic branching performances on Geforce 7 were worse than ones on Geforce 6 or 8. I believe I’ve got the answer: Forceware drivers. … Continue reading →

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