08-18-2015, 05:11 PM
Dears users,
As you know all the marketing hype is about DX12/Vulkan/others but DX11/GL4 features are barely used. A couple of GL4 features are used but they're all optional. In short I want to use more of them and make some of them mandatory. Unfortunately it means some GPU/drivers won't be supported anymore. I would like to know if you're still using an old GPU and what is your plan for the future.
You can find below a status of GL implementation of all platforms (OLD GPU only)
Proprietary driver (Windows/Linux):
* Sandy Bridge: 3.1 <= not supported
* Ivy bridge: 4.0 <= will be dropped
* Haswell: 4.3 (or 4.4) <= it is a shame they only support GPU for 1 years... I will try to support it.
* AMD DX10 (up to HD4XXX): 3.3 + a bunch of extensions <= will likely be dropped.
* Nvidia (before fermi): 3.3 + a bunch of extensions <= will likely be dropped.
Free driver (Linux):
* Sandy Bridge: 3.3 + a bunch of extensions <= might be dropped.
* Ivy bridge and later: 3.3 + a lot of extension <= will be supported
* AMD DX10 (up to HD4XXX): 3.3 + a lot of extension <= might be supported
* Nvidia (before fermi): 3.3 + a lot of extensions <= migtht be supported
Special proprietary implementation (OSx):
* GL4.1 + a couple of extra extensions <= might be annoying if someone want to port GSdx-ogl.
As you know all the marketing hype is about DX12/Vulkan/others but DX11/GL4 features are barely used. A couple of GL4 features are used but they're all optional. In short I want to use more of them and make some of them mandatory. Unfortunately it means some GPU/drivers won't be supported anymore. I would like to know if you're still using an old GPU and what is your plan for the future.
You can find below a status of GL implementation of all platforms (OLD GPU only)
Proprietary driver (Windows/Linux):
* Sandy Bridge: 3.1 <= not supported
* Ivy bridge: 4.0 <= will be dropped
* Haswell: 4.3 (or 4.4) <= it is a shame they only support GPU for 1 years... I will try to support it.
* AMD DX10 (up to HD4XXX): 3.3 + a bunch of extensions <= will likely be dropped.
* Nvidia (before fermi): 3.3 + a bunch of extensions <= will likely be dropped.
Free driver (Linux):
* Sandy Bridge: 3.3 + a bunch of extensions <= might be dropped.
* Ivy bridge and later: 3.3 + a lot of extension <= will be supported
* AMD DX10 (up to HD4XXX): 3.3 + a lot of extension <= might be supported
* Nvidia (before fermi): 3.3 + a lot of extensions <= migtht be supported
Special proprietary implementation (OSx):
* GL4.1 + a couple of extra extensions <= might be annoying if someone want to port GSdx-ogl.