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A novice question about OPEN GL !

Hi all,

recently I wanted to use a brand new Topaz image processing program on my PC.

Could not because of an OPENGL error saying OpenGL 3.3+ needed !

As you can see on screenshot, the version detected is much earlier.

My question is : Must I update my GPU card or do I need to do something else ?

If it is the GPU, how to check that another one I could buy on Internet would be fine ?

Thanks !

Notes :

(I tried Mali cube sorfware  ... run time error)

Here is some PC detail :

--------[ Résumé ]------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Ordinateur:
      Type de système                                   ACPI x64-based PC
      Système d'exploitation                            Windows 7 Professional Media Center Edition
           Internet Explorer                                 9.11.9600.19155
      DirectX                                           DirectX 10.0
         Date / Heure                                      2020-11-29 / 14:07

    Carte mère:
      Type de processeur                                QuadCore Intel Bloomfield, 3066 MHz (23 x 133)
      Nom de la carte mère                              /Inconnu/ P6T
      Chipset de la carte mère                          Intel Tylersburg X58, Intel Nehalem
      Mémoire système                                  / [ TRIAL VERSION ]/ 18 GB
           Type de BIOS                                      AMI (09/21/10)
      Port de communication                             High-Speed PCI Serial Port (COM40)
      Port de communication                             High-Speed PCI Serial Port (COM41)
      Port de communication                             PCI ECP Parallel Port (LPT2)

    Moniteur:
      Carte vidéo                                       ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series (Engineering Sample - WDDM v1.20)  (1024 Mo)
      Moniteur                                          Acer P243W  [24" LCD]  (LAF040067210)
      Moniteur                                          Generic PnP Monitor [NoDB]  (200520090129)


  • It's always worth trying newer drivers, but the Radeon 5700 was released in 2009, so its unlikely to be getting much in the way of new driver support. Most vendors will list the level of OpenGL support on the product pages. 

    Cheers,
    Pete