Download OpenGL For Windows XP
Download OpenGL For Windows XP
OpenGL, if you didn't already know, is perhaps the most popular environment/framework on the planet for creating 2D and 3D graphics programs. The OpenGL specifications are platform-independent which has lent to its popularity.So how do you download OpenGL for Windows XP? Simple. Buy a video card that supports it and download the drivers. Two of the very most popular manufacturers of OpenGL-enabled video cards are ATI and nVidia. In fact, they are so popular, the chances are pretty good that you already have either an ATI or an nVidia card in your computer. You just need to make sure you have the latest drivers installed.
 
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Download ATI or nVidia Drivers
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Click here to download ATI drivers.
One disadvantage of ATI cards is that they offer
different drivers for each of their different card
lines. I believe that in order to make OpenGL work
with your ATI card, you will have to know exactly
what kind of ATI card you have. Not much help I
can offer you here.
- Click here to download nVidia drivers. On that page, select "Graphics Driver", followed by whichever option mentions "GeForce" and then select "Windows XP / 2000".
Download OpenGL Development Libraries
Do you want to write OpenGL applications? To develop anything, you will obviously need a compiler, which will probably come with an existing implementation of OpenGL. You will most likely just have to include <GL/gl.h> and link to the appropriate libraries. If your compiler doesn't come with <GL/gl.h>, try checking out The Mesa 3D Graphics Library.When you're ready to go, check out NeHe Productions for some great tutorials.
And that, my friends, is how to download OpenGL for Windows XP.