ok, I understand first you need to go to your video card manufacturers website. Then see if it supports opengl.
If I right click on my desktop and go to “properties” and click the “settings” tab, it says "disaply: plug and play monitor on Inter(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics.
I go to google and type in “intel graphics card” I then select "Intel(R) Graphics Support - Home Page "
On this website, the first thing I see is a list of “desktop graphics controllers”:
Desktop graphics controllers
Intel® 82945G Express Chipset
Intel® 82915G/82910GL Express Chipset Family
Intel® 82865G Graphics Controller (Intel® 865G Chipset Family)
Intel® 82845G Graphics Controller (Intel® 845G Chipset Family)
Intel® 82815 Graphics Controller (Intel® 815 Chipset Family)
Intel® 82810 Graphics Controller (Intel® 810 Chipset Family)
I select the: “Intel® 82845G Graphics Controller (Intel® 845G Chipset Family)” since this description fits my video card the most. I hope its the same one.
I click on that and it takes me to a page that says “Intel® 82845G Graphics Controller” a list of differant categories for specific information is given, including frequenlty asked questions.
One of the frequenlty asked questions says “Are Intel Extreme Graphics Drivers compatible with DirectX* OpenGL* VESA/VBE*?”
I click on that and it says: “Many applications (especially games) require support for various video/graphics interface standards in order to function properly. Specific requirements for DirectX*, OpenGL* and VESA/VBE* standards are common. The Intel® 82845G graphics controller is fully compatible with all of these standards, allowing for a high quality gaming experience.”
This should mean my video card supports it.
I’m downloading the latest driver for my video card now. What do I do when I’m done?