The Use of openGL API remains one preferable approaches in the 3d- graphs programming, allowing access to the hardware possibilities of high productive GPU.
AMD Company again confirmed its openGL adherence , after adding the support Of openGL 3.0 in the drivers for ATI firePro cards. Furthermore, AMD published openGL expansions and promised in the future to add in the drivers the support of the recently taken standard openGL 3.1.
The mentioned expansions such, as AMD_vertex_shader_tessellator and AMD_GPU_association according to the company, will improve the performance and enlarge the possibilities of parallel working with several GPU, and to also increase the realism of formed three-dimensional scenes due to the improved detailing.
Support is added in ATI catalyst 8.583 drivers for ATI firePro.