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Andreas
Andreas

Reputation: 177

Can I limit OpenGL version to 4.3?

I have an OpenGL 4.5 capable GPU and I wish to test if my application runs on an OpenGL 4.3 capable system. Can I set my GPU to use OpenGL 4.3?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 603

Answers (1)

Nicol Bolas
Nicol Bolas

Reputation: 473222

Can you forcibly limit your OpenGL implementation to a specific version? No. Implementations are permitted to give you any version which is 100% compatible with the one you asked for. And 4.5 is compatible with 4.3.

However, using the right OpenGL loading library, you can forcibly limit your header. Several libraries allow you to generate version-specific headers, which will provide APIs and enums for just that version and nothing else. And any extensions you wish to use.

Upvotes: 4

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