GeForce graphics cards gain OpenGL 3.0 support

Nvidia has released drivers with 'full' support for OpenGL 3.0 and version 1.3 of the OpenGL shading language (GLSL). The drivers work on Geforce 8 or newer graphics cards along with a number of Quadro professional offerings, and they're available for Windows Vista, Windows XP, Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD. According to Nvidia, these drivers allow developers to "immediately begin using these drivers to build OpenGL 3.0 functionality into their software to give end-users new, superior graphics reproduction and visualization features." The official FAQ says getting up and running with OpenGL 3.0 involves using a new context creation call-if that isn't used, then the software falls back to OpenGL 2.1.