AMD has also released a special version of Catalyst 10.3 with OpenGL 4.0 support. We can say that for the first time ever, AMD is the leader in OpenGL 😉

NVIDIA should release an OpenGL driver very very shortly…

You can download the Catalyst 10.3 OpenGL 4.0 HERE.

Here is the list of the 20 new OpenGL extensions exposed by this GL 4 driver:

GL_AMD_conservative_depth

GL_AMD_name_gen_delete

GL_ARB_blend_func_extended

GL_ARB_draw_indirect

GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location

GL_ARB_gpu_shader5

GL_ARB_gpu_shader_fp64

GL_ARB_occlusion_query2

GL_ARB_sampler_objects

GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding

GL_ARB_shader_subroutine

GL_ARB_tessellation_shader

GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui

GL_ARB_timer_query

GL_ARB_transform_feedback2

GL_ARB_transform_feedback3

GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev

GL_EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit

GL_NV_float_buffer

GL_NV_half_float

More details about these extensions can be found on this page.

Other information about this driver (from GPU Caps Viewer):

Drivers Version: 8.712.3.1000 – Catalyst 10.3 (3-23-2010) – atig6pxx.dll

– Catalyst 10.3 (3-23-2010) – atig6pxx.dll ATI Catalyst Release Version String: 8.712.3.1-100323a-097544E-Retail (End User)

OpenGL Version: 4.0.9826 BETA Compatibility Profile Context

GLSL (OpenGL Shading Language) Version: 4.00

More information available HERE.