how to get started

I want to get started can anybody tell me what r the software requirements and that of hardware…

Please…

Almost all development tools can be used for OpenGL programming. You can run programs without any particular hardware support but it will extremly slow.

If you are using Windows will most of the stuff be there already and you can start right now. It is impossible to list all cards and tools that can be used. Perhaps is it best to post that you have planned to use.