What is The OpenGL Hardware Capability Viewer?
The OpenGL Hardware Capability Viewer is a free, open source application that provides detailed information about a computer's graphics card support for OpenGL. It allows users to easily view what OpenGL extensions, versions, and capabilities are available on their hardware.
Some key features of the OpenGL Hardware Capability Viewer include:
- Displays full OpenGL extension and version support details
- Shows OpenGL feature caps bitmasks
- Displays GPU memory stats like VRAM size
- Can export reports to text, HTML or XML
- Lightweight and portable open source software
- Runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux
- Requires no OpenGL SDKs or other tools to be installed
The OpenGL Hardware Capability Viewer aims to provide an easy way for developers, gamers, and anyone who works with graphics and 3D applications to quickly see what OpenGL functionality is present on their system. This allows for better understanding of hardware capabilities and can assist developers in modification or troubleshooting of graphics powered software. As an open source tool, it also benefits from ongoing community code contributions over time.