ATI (or is it AMD?) has just released the first version of their ‘AGS’ library, ATI GPU Services, that provides an API for querying information beyond standard API’s.

This library provides software developers with the ability to query ATI GPU software and hardware state information that is not normally available through standard operating system or graphic APIs. Version 1.0 of the library includes support for querying graphics driver version info, Crossfire (ATI’s multi-GPU rendering technology) configuration info, as well as Eyefinity (ATI’s multi-display rendering technology) configuration info.

Unfortunately, it’s only available for Windows-based platforms right now.  ATI’s continued absence of anything on the Linux or OSX side continues to lock them out of the high-end space as more users move away from Windows to more open and secure systems.

via ATI GPU Services (AGS) Library | AMD Developer Central.

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