- #Opengl 2.0 supported graphics card software license#
- #Opengl 2.0 supported graphics card drivers#
- #Opengl 2.0 supported graphics card driver#
- #Opengl 2.0 supported graphics card license#
- #Opengl 2.0 supported graphics card series#
Extensions may introduce new functions and new constants, and may relax or remove restrictions on existing OpenGL functions. In addition to the features required by the core API, graphics processing unit (GPU) vendors may provide additional functionality in the form of extensions. The details of each version are decided by consensus between the Group's members, including graphics card manufacturers, operating system designers, and general technology companies such as Mozilla and Google. New versions of the OpenGL specifications are regularly released by the Khronos Group, each of which extends the API to support various new features. For the same reason, OpenGL is purely concerned with rendering, providing no APIs related to input, audio, or windowing. The specification says nothing on the subject of obtaining, and managing an OpenGL context, leaving this as a detail of the underlying windowing system. In addition to being language-independent, OpenGL is also cross-platform. As such, OpenGL has many language bindings, some of the most noteworthy being the JavaScript binding WebGL (API, based on OpenGL ES 2.0, for 3D rendering from within a web browser) the C bindings WGL, GLX and CGL the C binding provided by iOS and the Java and C bindings provided by Android. Although the function definitions are superficially similar to those of the programming language C, they are language-independent. The API is defined as a set of functions which may be called by the client program, alongside a set of named integer constants (for example, the constant GL_TEXTURE_2D, which corresponds to the decimal number 3553). Although it is possible for the API to be implemented entirely in software, it is designed to be implemented mostly or entirely in hardware. The OpenGL specification describes an abstract API for drawing 2D and 3D graphics. Īn illustration of the graphics pipeline process Since 2006, OpenGL has been managed by the non-profit technology consortium Khronos Group. (SGI) began developing OpenGL in 1991 and released it on Japplications use it extensively in the fields of computer-aided design (CAD), virtual reality, scientific visualization, information visualization, flight simulation, and video games. The API is typically used to interact with a graphics processing unit (GPU), to achieve hardware-accelerated rendering. OpenGL ( Open Graphics Library ) is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics.
#Opengl 2.0 supported graphics card license#
Trademark license for new licensees who want to use the OpenGL trademark and logo and claim conformance.
#Opengl 2.0 supported graphics card software license#
: This is a Free Software License B closely modeled on BSD, X, and Mozilla licenses.
#Opengl 2.0 supported graphics card drivers#
Ubuntu comes with open source versions, which are not bad, but generally a step behind the proprietary drivers released by the graphic card manufacturers (which are often referred to as binary drivers or proprietary drivers). There are multiple video drivers for each chip generation for Linux.
#Opengl 2.0 supported graphics card driver#
To be able to run OpenGL libraries, you also need a driver which supports them. Remember that these only say which version the hardware supports.
#Opengl 2.0 supported graphics card series#
GeForce 7 series if you have a GeForce 7600 GS
NVidia graphic cards - here you have to click to the page for the correct generation, e. Then go to Wikipedia's comparison tables for video cards to find out the OpenGL version your card supports. Read through the list until you have seen something about ATI or nVidia or one of Intel's models. This lists everything connected over PCI or PCI express, including the video card. I am afraid you'll have to open the command line of your first day of Linux (don't worry, happened to me too).