The release of new Linux drivers for 20-year-old ATI-Radeon graphics cards now shows how far such community support can go. The independent developer Brais Solla has implemented two important OpenGL ...

I believe any SM 2.0 compliant card also has the necessary hardware to support OpenGL 2.0, all you need are drivers to expose that functionality through OpenGL fragment programs.

OpenGL SC 2.0 is a subset of OpenGL ES 2.0 that includes GLSL-based programmable shaders to enable enhanced graphics functionality, with increased performance and reduced power.

OpenGL 2.0 is a nice cleanup, but it's still a bit fuggly compared to DirectX 9 graphics.