AMD Catalyst 11.7, One New OpenGL Extension

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AMD has released last week the summer 2011 edition of Catalyst drivers. It’s mainly a maintenance release, for more information, just have a look at the release notes.

Catalyst 11.7 Downloads:

Other downloads can be found here.

Catalyst 11.7, CCC
Catalyst Control Center, software information

Catalyst 11.7 + Radeon HD 6970 + GPU Caps Viewer
GPU Caps Viewer information

Catalyst 11.7 comes with one new OpenGL extension, bringing the total number of extensions to 219:

Here is the list of the 219 extensions (GL=199 and WGL=20) exposed by Cat 11.7 for a Radeon HD 6970:

  • GL_AMDX_debug_output
  • GL_AMDX_vertex_shader_tessellator
  • GL_AMD_blend_minmax_factor
  • GL_AMD_conservative_depth
  • GL_AMD_debug_output
  • GL_AMD_depth_clamp_separate
  • GL_AMD_draw_buffers_blend
  • GL_AMD_multi_draw_indirect
  • GL_AMD_name_gen_delete
  • GL_AMD_performance_monitor
  • GL_AMD_pinned_memory
  • GL_AMD_sample_positions
  • GL_AMD_seamless_cubemap_per_texture
  • GL_AMD_shader_stencil_export
  • GL_AMD_shader_trace
  • GL_AMD_texture_cube_map_array
  • GL_AMD_texture_texture4
  • GL_AMD_transform_feedback3_lines_triangles
  • GL_AMD_vertex_shader_tessellator
  • GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility
  • GL_ARB_blend_func_extended
  • GL_ARB_color_buffer_float
  • GL_ARB_copy_buffer
  • GL_ARB_debug_output
  • GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float
  • GL_ARB_depth_clamp
  • GL_ARB_depth_texture
  • GL_ARB_draw_buffers
  • GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend
  • GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex
  • GL_ARB_draw_indirect
  • GL_ARB_draw_instanced
  • GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location
  • GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions
  • GL_ARB_fragment_program
  • GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow
  • GL_ARB_fragment_shader
  • GL_ARB_framebuffer_object
  • GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB
  • GL_ARB_geometry_shader4
  • GL_ARB_get_program_binary
  • GL_ARB_gpu_shader5
  • GL_ARB_gpu_shader_fp64
  • GL_ARB_half_float_pixel
  • GL_ARB_half_float_vertex
  • GL_ARB_imaging
  • GL_ARB_instanced_arrays
  • GL_ARB_map_buffer_range
  • GL_ARB_multisample
  • GL_ARB_multitexture
  • GL_ARB_occlusion_query
  • GL_ARB_occlusion_query2
  • GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object
  • GL_ARB_point_parameters
  • GL_ARB_point_sprite
  • GL_ARB_provoking_vertex
  • GL_ARB_sample_shading
  • GL_ARB_sampler_objects
  • GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map
  • GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects
  • GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding
  • GL_ARB_shader_objects
  • GL_ARB_shader_precision
  • GL_ARB_shader_stencil_export
  • GL_ARB_shader_subroutine
  • GL_ARB_shader_texture_lod
  • GL_ARB_shading_language_100
  • GL_ARB_shadow
  • GL_ARB_shadow_ambient
  • GL_ARB_sync
  • GL_ARB_tessellation_shader
  • GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp
  • GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object
  • GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object_rgb32
  • GL_ARB_texture_compression
  • GL_ARB_texture_compression_bptc
  • GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc
  • GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
  • GL_ARB_texture_cube_map_array
  • GL_ARB_texture_env_add
  • GL_ARB_texture_env_combine
  • GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar
  • GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3
  • GL_ARB_texture_float
  • GL_ARB_texture_gather
  • GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat
  • GL_ARB_texture_multisample
  • GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
  • GL_ARB_texture_query_lod
  • GL_ARB_texture_rectangle
  • GL_ARB_texture_rg
  • GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui
  • GL_ARB_texture_snorm
  • GL_ARB_timer_query
  • GL_ARB_transform_feedback2
  • GL_ARB_transform_feedback3
  • GL_ARB_transpose_matrix
  • GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object
  • GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra
  • GL_ARB_vertex_array_object
  • GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_64bit
  • GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
  • GL_ARB_vertex_program
  • GL_ARB_vertex_shader
  • GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev
  • GL_ARB_viewport_array
  • GL_ARB_window_pos
  • GL_ATI_draw_buffers
  • GL_ATI_envmap_bumpmap
  • GL_ATI_fragment_shader
  • GL_ATI_meminfo
  • GL_ATI_separate_stencil
  • GL_ATI_texture_compression_3dc
  • GL_ATI_texture_env_combine3
  • GL_ATI_texture_float
  • GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once
  • GL_EXT_abgr
  • GL_EXT_bgra
  • GL_EXT_bindable_uniform
  • GL_EXT_blend_color
  • GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate
  • GL_EXT_blend_func_separate
  • GL_EXT_blend_minmax
  • GL_EXT_blend_subtract
  • GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array
  • GL_EXT_copy_buffer
  • GL_EXT_copy_texture
  • GL_EXT_direct_state_access
  • GL_EXT_draw_buffers2
  • GL_EXT_draw_instanced
  • GL_EXT_draw_range_elements
  • GL_EXT_fog_coord
  • GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit
  • GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample
  • GL_EXT_framebuffer_object
  • GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
  • GL_EXT_geometry_shader4
  • GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters
  • GL_EXT_gpu_shader4
  • GL_EXT_histogram
  • GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays
  • GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil
  • GL_EXT_packed_float
  • GL_EXT_packed_pixels
  • GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object
  • GL_EXT_point_parameters
  • GL_EXT_provoking_vertex
  • GL_EXT_rescale_normal
  • GL_EXT_secondary_color
  • GL_EXT_separate_specular_color
  • GL_EXT_shader_image_load_store
  • GL_EXT_shadow_funcs
  • GL_EXT_stencil_wrap
  • GL_EXT_subtexture
  • GL_EXT_texgen_reflection
  • GL_EXT_texture3D
  • GL_EXT_texture_array
  • GL_EXT_texture_buffer_object
  • GL_EXT_texture_compression_bptc
  • GL_EXT_texture_compression_latc
  • GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc
  • GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc
  • GL_EXT_texture_cube_map
  • GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp
  • GL_EXT_texture_env_add
  • GL_EXT_texture_env_combine
  • GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3
  • GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
  • GL_EXT_texture_integer
  • GL_EXT_texture_lod
  • GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
  • GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp
  • GL_EXT_texture_object
  • GL_EXT_texture_rectangle
  • GL_EXT_texture_sRGB
  • GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent
  • GL_EXT_texture_snorm
  • GL_EXT_texture_swizzle
  • GL_EXT_timer_query
  • GL_EXT_transform_feedback
  • GL_EXT_vertex_array
  • GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra
  • GL_EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit
  • GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat
  • GL_KTX_buffer_region
  • GL_NV_blend_square
  • GL_NV_conditional_render
  • GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color
  • GL_NV_explicit_multisample
  • GL_NV_float_buffer
  • GL_NV_half_float
  • GL_NV_primitive_restart
  • GL_NV_texgen_reflection
  • GL_NV_texture_barrier
  • GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap
  • GL_SGIS_texture_edge_clamp
  • GL_SGIS_texture_lod
  • GL_SUN_multi_draw_arrays
  • GL_WIN_swap_hint
  • WGL_EXT_swap_control
  • WGL_ARB_extensions_string
  • WGL_ARB_pixel_format
  • WGL_ATI_pixel_format_float
  • WGL_ARB_pixel_format_float
  • WGL_ARB_multisample
  • WGL_ARB_pbuffer
  • WGL_ARB_render_texture
  • WGL_ARB_make_current_read
  • WGL_EXT_extensions_string
  • WGL_ARB_buffer_region
  • WGL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
  • WGL_ATI_render_texture_rectangle
  • WGL_EXT_pixel_format_packed_float
  • WGL_I3D_genlock
  • WGL_NV_swap_group
  • WGL_ARB_create_context
  • WGL_AMD_gpu_association
  • WGL_AMDX_gpu_association
  • WGL_ARB_create_context_profile
    • Here is the OpenCL report from GPU Caps Viewer 1.13.0

      - CL_PLATFORM_NAME: AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing
      - CL_PLATFORM_VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
      - CL_PLATFORM_VERSION: OpenCL 1.1 AMD-APP-SDK-v2.5 (684.212)
      - CL_PLATFORM_PROFILE: FULL_PROFILE
      - Num devices: 2
      
      	- CL_DEVICE_NAME: Cayman
      	- CL_DEVICE_VENDOR: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
      	- CL_DRIVER_VERSION: CAL 1.4.1457 (VM)
      	- CL_DEVICE_PROFILE: FULL_PROFILE
      	- CL_DEVICE_VERSION: OpenCL 1.1 AMD-APP-SDK-v2.5 (684.212)
      	- CL_DEVICE_TYPE: GPU
      	- CL_DEVICE_VENDOR_ID: 0x1002
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_COMPUTE_UNITS: 24
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_CLOCK_FREQUENCY: 880MHz
      	- CL_DEVICE_ADDRESS_BITS: 32
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_MEM_ALLOC_SIZE: 204800KB
      	- CL_DEVICE_GLOBAL_MEM_SIZE: 800MB
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_PARAMETER_SIZE: 1024
      	- CL_DEVICE_GLOBAL_MEM_CACHELINE_SIZE: 0 Bytes
      	- CL_DEVICE_GLOBAL_MEM_CACHE_SIZE: 0KB
      	- CL_DEVICE_ERROR_CORRECTION_SUPPORT: NO
      	- CL_DEVICE_LOCAL_MEM_TYPE: Local (scratchpad)
      	- CL_DEVICE_LOCAL_MEM_SIZE: 32KB
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_CONSTANT_BUFFER_SIZE: 64KB
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_WORK_ITEM_DIMENSIONS: 3
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_WORK_ITEM_SIZES: [256 ; 256 ; 256]
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_WORK_GROUP_SIZE: 256
      	- CL_EXEC_NATIVE_KERNEL: 4761936
      	- CL_DEVICE_IMAGE_SUPPORT: YES
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_READ_IMAGE_ARGS: 128
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_WRITE_IMAGE_ARGS: 8
      	- CL_DEVICE_IMAGE2D_MAX_WIDTH: 8192
      	- CL_DEVICE_IMAGE2D_MAX_HEIGHT: 8192
      	- CL_DEVICE_IMAGE3D_MAX_WIDTH: 2048
      	- CL_DEVICE_IMAGE3D_MAX_HEIGHT: 2048
      	- CL_DEVICE_IMAGE3D_MAX_DEPTH: 16
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_SAMPLERS: 16
      	- CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_CHAR: 16
      	- CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_SHORT: 8
      	- CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_INT: 4
      	- CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_LONG: 2
      	- CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_FLOAT: 4
      	- CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_DOUBLE: 0
      	- CL_DEVICE_EXTENSIONS: 15
      	- Extensions:
      		- cl_amd_fp64
      		- cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics
      		- cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics
      		- cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics
      		- cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics
      		- cl_khr_3d_image_writes
      		- cl_khr_byte_addressable_store
      		- cl_khr_gl_sharing
      		- cl_ext_atomic_counters_32
      		- cl_amd_device_attribute_query
      		- cl_amd_vec3
      		- cl_amd_printf
      		- cl_amd_media_ops
      		- cl_amd_popcnt
      		- cl_khr_d3d10_sharing
      
      
      - CL_DEVICE_NAME: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme CPU X9650  @ 3.00GHz
      	- CL_DEVICE_VENDOR: GenuineIntel
      	- CL_DRIVER_VERSION: 2.0
      	- CL_DEVICE_PROFILE: FULL_PROFILE
      	- CL_DEVICE_VERSION: OpenCL 1.1 AMD-APP-SDK-v2.5 (684.212)
      	- CL_DEVICE_TYPE: CPU
      	- CL_DEVICE_VENDOR_ID: 0x1002
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_COMPUTE_UNITS: 4
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_CLOCK_FREQUENCY: 3007MHz
      	- CL_DEVICE_ADDRESS_BITS: 32
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_MEM_ALLOC_SIZE: 1048576KB
      	- CL_DEVICE_GLOBAL_MEM_SIZE: 2048MB
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_PARAMETER_SIZE: 4096
      	- CL_DEVICE_GLOBAL_MEM_CACHELINE_SIZE: 64 Bytes
      	- CL_DEVICE_GLOBAL_MEM_CACHE_SIZE: 32KB
      	- CL_DEVICE_ERROR_CORRECTION_SUPPORT: NO
      	- CL_DEVICE_LOCAL_MEM_TYPE: Global
      	- CL_DEVICE_LOCAL_MEM_SIZE: 32KB
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_CONSTANT_BUFFER_SIZE: 64KB
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_WORK_ITEM_DIMENSIONS: 3
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_WORK_ITEM_SIZES: [1024 ; 1024 ; 1024]
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_WORK_GROUP_SIZE: 1024
      	- CL_EXEC_NATIVE_KERNEL: 4761940
      	- CL_DEVICE_IMAGE_SUPPORT: YES
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_READ_IMAGE_ARGS: 128
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_WRITE_IMAGE_ARGS: 8
      	- CL_DEVICE_IMAGE2D_MAX_WIDTH: 8192
      	- CL_DEVICE_IMAGE2D_MAX_HEIGHT: 8192
      	- CL_DEVICE_IMAGE3D_MAX_WIDTH: 2048
      	- CL_DEVICE_IMAGE3D_MAX_HEIGHT: 2048
      	- CL_DEVICE_IMAGE3D_MAX_DEPTH: 16
      	- CL_DEVICE_MAX_SAMPLERS: 16
      	- CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_CHAR: 16
      	- CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_SHORT: 8
      	- CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_INT: 4
      	- CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_LONG: 2
      	- CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_FLOAT: 4
      	- CL_DEVICE_PREFERRED_VECTOR_WIDTH_DOUBLE: 0
      	- CL_DEVICE_EXTENSIONS: 15
      	- Extensions:
      		- cl_khr_fp64
      		- cl_amd_fp64
      		- cl_khr_global_int32_base_atomics
      		- cl_khr_global_int32_extended_atomics
      		- cl_khr_local_int32_base_atomics
      		- cl_khr_local_int32_extended_atomics
      		- cl_khr_byte_addressable_store
      		- cl_khr_gl_sharing
      		- cl_ext_device_fission
      		- cl_amd_device_attribute_query
      		- cl_amd_vec3
      		- cl_amd_media_ops
      		- cl_amd_popcnt
      		- cl_amd_printf
      		- cl_khr_d3d10_sharing
      

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