OpenGL 3.0+ drivers update

Hi all,
When is apple finally updating the OpenGL drivers?
This is becoming ridiculous. OpenGL 4.0 drivers are out for all other OSs! and we still have this OpenGL 2.1 drivers (from 2006!!!!)
And why is my Geforce 9600 GT no performing as it should???
If the same hardware performs several leaps better on other OS (windows 7, for one) how is Mac OS X not worse?
Better get your act together....

Dave is half correct.
We did throw away our old, terrible OpenGL renderer several versions ago.
But we also do still use OpenGL in various places where it makes sense, as described here:
GPU (CUDA, OpenGL) features in After Effects
The reason that After Effects shows OpenGL 2 in the GPU information box is because that is the version that is being used for these features. When the application starts, it tells the OpenGL system what level of features it needs. We're not using any of the more advanced features of OpenGL 3 and later yet.

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> {quote:title=Silas wrote:}{quote}
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For more information visit https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9938-EYZB-7457."
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Neville Hillyer wrote:
OK but is there an option to turn it off? If so give it a try.
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I don't see a 13" MacBook Pro mid-2011 model listed (at all), but I do see a mid-2010 model (MacBook Pro 7,1) with the NVIDIA GeForce 320M. There is no second graphics controller available in that model. Both MacBool Pro 2011 13" MBP models (Early 2011 and Late 2011, both are listed as MacBook Pro8,1 — which seems a little odd, but I see several references to that) had Intel graphics, according to the lists I'm checking.
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