NVIDIA OpenGL Extension Specifications

This page lists the OpenGL extensions specifications that NVIDIA supports.

The PDF Documents immediately below were last updated in February, 2008

• All NVIDIA OpenGL Extensions (.pdf)
• GeForce 8 Series (G8X) OpenGL Extensions (.pdf)
• GeForce 6 and 7 Series (NV4X, G7X) OpenGL Extensions (.pdf)
• GeForce FX (NV3X) OpenGL Extensions (.pdf)

Recent include files:

• glext.h
• glxext.h
• wglext.h

Important links:

• NVIDIA OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) Release Notes
• NVemulate

NVIDIA OpenGL Extensions Specifications Contents

Rendering Extensions

• ARB_color_buffer_float [Update Feb 2008]
• ARB_depth_texture
• ARB_draw_buffers
• ARB_fragment program
• ARB_fragment program_shadow
• ARB_half_float_pixel
• ARB_multisample
• ARB_occlusion_query
• ARB_pixel_buffer_object
• ARB_point_parameters
• ARB_point_parameters
• ARB_shadow
• ARB_texture_border_clamp
• ARB_texture_compression
• ARB_texture_cube_map
• ARB_texture_env_add
• ARB_texture_env_combine
• ARB_texture_env_dot3
• ARB_texture_float
• ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat
• ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
• ARB_texture_rectangle
• ARB_transpose_matrix
• ARB_vertex buffer_object
• ARB_vertex program [Update Feb 2008]
• ARB_window_pos

• ATI_draw_buffers
• ATI_texture_float
• ATI_texture_mirror_once

• EXT_abgr
• EXT_bindable_uniform [Update Feb 2008]
• EXT_bgra
• EXT_blend_color
• EXT_blend_equation_separate
• EXT_blend_func_separate
• EXT_blend_minmax
• EXT_blend_subtract
• EXT_draw_buffers2
• EXT_draw_instanced
• EXT_clip_volume_hint
• EXT_compiled_vertex_array
• EXT_depth_bounds_test
• EXT_draw_range_elements
• EXT_fog_coord
• EXT_framebuffer_blit
• EXT_framebuffer_multisample
• EXT_framebuffer_object
• EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
• EXT_geometry_shader4 [Update Feb 2008]
• EXT_gpu_program_parameters [Update Feb 2008]
• EXT_gpu_shader4 [Update Feb 2008]
• EXT_multi_draw_arrays
• EXT_packed_float
• EXT_packed_pixels
• EXT_paletted_texture
• EXT_pixel_buffer_object
• EXT_point_parameters
• EXT_rescale_normal
• EXT_secondary_color
• GL_EXT_separate_shader_objects[Updated Aug 2009]
• EXT_separate_specular_color
• EXT_shadow_funcs
• EXT_shared_texture_palette
• EXT_stencil_clear_tag
• EXT_stencil_wrap
• EXT_stencil_two_side
• EXT_texture_array [Update Feb 2008]
• EXT_texture_buffer_object [Update Feb 2008]
• EXT_texture_compression_latc [Update Feb 2008]
• EXT_texture_compression_rgtc [Update Feb 2008]
• EXT_texture_compression_s3tc [Update Feb 2008]
• EXT_texture_cube_map
• EXT_texture_edge_clamp
• EXT_texture_env_add
• EXT_texture_env_combine
• EXT_texture_env_dot3
• EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
• EXT_texture_integer [Update Feb 2008]
• EXT_texture_lod_bias
• EXT_texture_mirror_clamp
• EXT_texture_object
• EXT_texture_shared_exponent [Update Feb 2008]
• EXT_texture_sRGB
• EXT_texture_swizzle [Added October 2008]
• EXT_texture3D
• EXT_timer_query
• GL_EXT_transform_feedback2[Added October 2009]
• EXT_vertex_array
• EXT_vertex_weighting

• HP occlusion test

• IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat
• IBM_rasterpos_clip

• NV_blend_square
• NV  conditional_render [NEW Feb 2008]
• NV_copy_depth_to_color
• NV_copy_image.txt[Update Aug 2009]
• NV_depth_buffer_float
• NV  depth clamp
• NV_evaluators
• NV_fence
• NV_fog_distance
• NV_float_buffer
• NV_fragment_program
• NV_fragment_program2
• NV_fragment_program4 [Update Feb 2008]
• NV_fragment_program_option
• NV_framebuffer_multisample_coverage
• NV_half_float
• NV_geometry_program4 [Update Feb 2008]
• NV_geometry_shader4
• NV_gpu_program4
• NV_light_max_exponent
• NV_multisample_filter_hint
• NV  occlusion query
• NV_packed_depth_stencil
• NV_parameter_buffer_object [Update Aug 2009]
• NV_pixel data range
• NV_point_sprite
• NV_primitive_restart
• NV_register_combiners [Update Feb 2008]
• NV_register_combiners2
• NV_shader_buffer_load [Update April 2009]
• NV_texgen_emboss
• NV_texgen_reflection
• NV_texture_barrier [Update Aug 2009]
• NV_texture_compression_vtc
• NV_texture_env_combine4
• NV_texture_expand_normal
• NV_texture_rectangle
• NV_texture_shader [Update Feb 2008]
• NV_texture_shader2
• NV  texture_shader3 [Update Feb 2008]
• NV_transform_feedback [Update Feb 2008]
• NV_vertex_array_range
• NV_vertex_array_range2
• NV_vertex_buffer_unified_memory [Update April 2009]
• NV_vertex_program
• NV  vertex  program1_1
• NV_vertex_program2
• NV_vertex_program2_option
• NV_vertex_program3
• NV_vertex_program4

• SGIS_generate_mipmap
• SGIS_texture_lod
• SGIX_depth_texture
• SGIX_shadow

• SUN_slice_accum

Windows (WGL) Extensions

• WGL_ARB_buffer_region
• WGL_ARB_create_context [Updated Aug 2009 to create profiles]
• WGL_ARB_extensions_string
• WGL_ARB_pbuffer
• WGL_ARB_pixel_format
• WGL ARB render texture
• WGL ATI pixel_format_float
• WGL_EXT_extensions_string
• WGL_EXT_pbuffer
• WGL_EXT_pixel_format
• WGL_EXT_swap_control
• WGL_NV_gpu_affinity [Update Feb 2008]
• WGL NV render depth texture
• WGL NV render texture rectangle
• WGL_NV_swap_group [New Feb 2008]
• WGL_NV_video_out [New Feb 2008]

X Window System (GLX) Extensions

• GLX_ARB_create_context [Updated Aug 2009 to create profiles]
• GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap [New Feb 2008]
• GLX_NV_swap_group [New Feb 2008]
• GLX_NV_video_out [New Feb 2008]