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Appendix D
NVIDIA ForceWare Graphics Display Driver — Feature History
The ForceWare Release 60 graphics driver offers more robust stability and
compatibility in DirectX support, antialiasing, and desktop rotation.
• Reduction of OCA issues
• Dynamic video memory streamlines operating system resources for large frame
buffer configurations
3D Graphics API Enhancements
Direct3D
DirectX 9.0c Support
OpenGL
• New drivers for the OpenGL ARB shading language (GLSL)
• Enhanced support for Windows XP 64-Bit Edition and IA32-E.
• New extensions
• GL_NV_fragment_program2
• GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate
• NV_vertex_program3
• ATI_draw_buffers
• ATI_texture_float
• ATI_texture_mirror_once
• GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
• GL_NVX_centroid_sample
• GL_NVX_conditional_render
Release 55 Enhancements
The Release 55 driver offers new features not found in previous releases of the
NVIDIA Driver for Windows. The following highlights the new features in Release
55:
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