ATI released drivers with OpenGL 3.0 support Catalyst 8.9
 

ATI released drivers with OpenGL 3.0 support Catalyst 8.9

http://www.amd.com/us-en/

will we need it in BOB?

I bet.

Considering Oleg builds his sim for the future, OpenGL3 is probably not a secret to him. ;)

If we NEED it, is a different question, though. But it can't hurt ;)

Just read on Toms Hardware that Open GL3 is a big dissappointment...

They say it now really lack compare DirectX... 10.1 and the soon to arrive 11.

From the conclusion section of the Tom's Hardware article:

"We were expecting a lot from OpenGL 3, and as you can tell by reading this article, we’re disappointed—both in the API itself (with the disappearance of promised features) and in the way it’s been handled (a year-long delay and a lack of clear communication on the part of the Khronos group). With this version, OpenGL barely keeps up with Direct3D 10, and at a time when Microsoft has chosen to publicize the first details of version 11 of its own API."


Link to Tom's article:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ectx,2019.html

Not surprised to be honest.