ATI has
been allegedly working on its OpenGL 3.3 driver since the release of OpenGL 3.3 in the spring
of 2007 and since this time ATI Radeon, ATI FirePRO and ATI FireGL cards support this, not very popular API.
OpenGL is
loved by universities and Mr. John Carmack with his Doom and ID5 engines and
games but it's still important enough for GPU manufacturers to care.
ATI has
announced that it will support OpenGL 4.0 with Radeon HD 5800 and Radeon HD 5900 series. The cards feature full OpenGL 4.0 support, including tessellation and integration with OpenCL API,
enabling GPU acceleration for future applications.
OpenGL 4.0 is also supported by Radeon 5400, 5500, 5600 and 5700, with the exception
that the driver for them cannot support double precision, a feature that will
likely be implemented at a later date. You can read more about it
here.
You can
download the new driver
here.