Google has been installed several times before I remembered I could start it in GL or DX, the Vid drivers have also been updated twice I think since this started. I know GoogleEarth isn't the problem mate, I'm using it as an example because I don't really have anything else that I run in GL at the minute.
GLView confirms there is an issue (see report below) and someone else has reported the same issue on nVidia forums. I think it's a nVidia driver issue.
Renderer: GeForce GTX 580/PCI/SSE2
Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Memory: 1536 MB
Version: 4.2.0
Shading language version: 4.20 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
Max texture size: 16384 x 16384
Max texture coordinates: 8
Max vertex texture image units: 32
Max texture image units: 32
Max geometry texture units: 32
Max anisotropic filtering value: 16
Max viewport size: 16384 x 16384
Max Viewports: 16
Max Clip Distances: 8
Max samples: 32
Extensions: 288
GL_ARB_base_instance
GL_ARB_blend_func_extended
GL_ARB_color_buffer_float
GL_ARB_compressed_texture_pixel_storage
GL_ARB_conservative_depth
GL_ARB_copy_buffer
GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float
GL_ARB_depth_clamp
GL_ARB_depth_texture
GL_ARB_draw_buffers
GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend
GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex
GL_ARB_draw_indirect
GL_ARB_draw_instanced
GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility
GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location
GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions
GL_ARB_fragment_program
GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow
GL_ARB_fragment_shader
GL_ARB_framebuffer_object
GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB
GL_ARB_geometry_shader4
GL_ARB_get_program_binary
GL_ARB_gpu_shader5
GL_ARB_gpu_shader_fp64
GL_ARB_half_float_pixel
GL_ARB_half_float_vertex
GL_ARB_imaging
GL_ARB_instanced_arrays
GL_ARB_internalformat_query
GL_ARB_map_buffer_alignment
GL_ARB_map_buffer_range
GL_ARB_multisample
GL_ARB_multitexture
GL_ARB_occlusion_query
GL_ARB_occlusion_query2
GL_ARB_pixel_buffer_object
GL_ARB_point_parameters
GL_ARB_point_sprite
GL_ARB_provoking_vertex
GL_ARB_robustness
GL_ARB_sample_shading
GL_ARB_sampler_objects
GL_ARB_seamless_cube_map
GL_ARB_separate_shader_objects
GL_ARB_shader_atomic_counters
GL_ARB_shader_bit_encoding
GL_ARB_shader_image_load_store
GL_ARB_shader_objects
GL_ARB_shader_precision
GL_ARB_shader_subroutine
GL_ARB_shading_language_100
GL_ARB_shading_language_420pack
GL_ARB_shading_language_include
GL_ARB_shading_language_packing
GL_ARB_shadow
GL_ARB_sync
GL_ARB_tessellation_shader
GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp
GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object
GL_ARB_texture_buffer_object_rgb32
GL_ARB_texture_compression
GL_ARB_texture_compression_bptc
GL_ARB_texture_compression_rgtc
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map
GL_ARB_texture_cube_map_array
GL_ARB_texture_env_add
GL_ARB_texture_env_combine
GL_ARB_texture_env_crossbar
GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3
GL_ARB_texture_float
GL_ARB_texture_gather
GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat
GL_ARB_texture_multisample
GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two
GL_ARB_texture_query_lod
GL_ARB_texture_rectangle
GL_ARB_texture_rg
GL_ARB_texture_rgb10_a2ui
GL_ARB_texture_storage
GL_ARB_texture_swizzle
GL_ARB_timer_query
GL_ARB_transform_feedback2
GL_ARB_transform_feedback3
GL_ARB_transform_feedback_instanced
GL_ARB_transpose_matrix
GL_ARB_uniform_buffer_object
GL_ARB_vertex_array_bgra
GL_ARB_vertex_array_object
GL_ARB_vertex_attrib_64bit
GL_ARB_vertex_buffer_object
GL_ARB_vertex_program
GL_ARB_vertex_shader
GL_ARB_vertex_type_2_10_10_10_rev
GL_ARB_viewport_array
GL_ARB_window_pos
GL_ATI_draw_buffers
GL_ATI_texture_float
GL_ATI_texture_mirror_once
GL_EXT_abgr
GL_EXT_bgra
GL_EXT_bindable_uniform
GL_EXT_blend_color
GL_EXT_blend_equation_separate
GL_EXT_blend_func_separate
GL_EXT_blend_minmax
GL_EXT_blend_subtract
GL_EXT_Cg_shader
GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array
GL_EXT_depth_bounds_test
GL_EXT_direct_state_access
GL_EXT_draw_buffers2
GL_EXT_draw_instanced
GL_EXT_draw_range_elements
GL_EXT_fog_coord
GL_EXT_framebuffer_blit
GL_EXT_framebuffer_multisample
GL_EXT_framebuffer_object
GL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
GL_EXT_geometry_shader4
GL_EXT_gpu_program_parameters
GL_EXT_gpu_shader4
GL_EXT_import_sync_object
GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays
GL_EXT_packed_depth_stencil
GL_EXT_packed_float
GL_EXT_packed_pixels
GL_EXT_pixel_buffer_object
GL_EXT_point_parameters
GL_EXT_provoking_vertex
GL_EXT_rescale_normal
GL_EXT_secondary_color
GL_EXT_separate_shader_objects
GL_EXT_separate_specular_color
GL_EXT_shader_image_load_store
GL_EXT_shadow_funcs
GL_EXT_stencil_two_side
GL_EXT_stencil_wrap
GL_EXT_texture3D
GL_EXT_texture_array
GL_EXT_texture_buffer_object
GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1
GL_EXT_texture_compression_latc
GL_EXT_texture_compression_rgtc
GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc
GL_EXT_texture_cube_map
GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp
GL_EXT_texture_env_add
GL_EXT_texture_env_combine
GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3
GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic
GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888
GL_EXT_texture_integer
GL_EXT_texture_lod
GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias
GL_EXT_texture_mirror_clamp
GL_EXT_texture_object
GL_EXT_texture_shared_exponent
GL_EXT_texture_sRGB
GL_EXT_texture_sRGB_decode
GL_EXT_texture_storage
GL_EXT_texture_swizzle
GL_EXT_texture_type_2_10_10_10_REV
GL_EXT_timer_query
GL_EXT_transform_feedback2
GL_EXT_vertex_array
GL_EXT_vertex_array_bgra
GL_EXT_vertex_attrib_64bit
GL_EXTX_framebuffer_mixed_formats
GL_IBM_rasterpos_clip
GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat
GL_KTX_buffer_region
GL_NV_alpha_test
GL_NV_blend_minmax
GL_NV_blend_square
GL_NV_complex_primitives
GL_NV_conditional_render
GL_NV_copy_depth_to_color
GL_NV_copy_image
GL_NV_depth_buffer_float
GL_NV_depth_clamp
GL_NV_explicit_multisample
GL_NV_fbo_color_attachments
GL_NV_fence
GL_NV_float_buffer
GL_NV_fog_distance
GL_NV_fragdepth
GL_NV_fragment_program
GL_NV_fragment_program2
GL_NV_fragment_program_option
GL_NV_framebuffer_multisample_coverage
GL_NV_geometry_shader4
GL_NV_gpu_program4
GL_NV_gpu_program4_1
GL_NV_gpu_program5
GL_NV_gpu_program_fp64
GL_NV_gpu_shader5
GL_NV_half_float
GL_NV_light_max_exponent
GL_NV_multisample_coverage
GL_NV_multisample_filter_hint
GL_NV_occlusion_query
GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil
GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object
GL_NV_parameter_buffer_object2
GL_NV_path_rendering
GL_NV_pixel_data_range
GL_NV_point_sprite
GL_NV_primitive_restart
GL_NV_register_combiners
GL_NV_register_combiners2
GL_NV_shader_atomic_counters
GL_NV_shader_buffer_load
GL_NV_texgen_reflection
GL_NV_texture_barrier
GL_NV_texture_compression_vtc
GL_NV_texture_env_combine4
GL_NV_texture_expand_normal
GL_NV_texture_lod_clamp
GL_NV_texture_multisample
GL_NV_texture_rectangle
GL_NV_texture_shader
GL_NV_texture_shader2
GL_NV_texture_shader3
GL_NV_transform_feedback
GL_NV_transform_feedback2
GL_NV_vertex_array_range
GL_NV_vertex_array_range2
GL_NV_vertex_attrib_integer_64bit
GL_NV_vertex_buffer_unified_memory
GL_NV_vertex_program
GL_NV_vertex_program1_1
GL_NV_vertex_program2
GL_NV_vertex_program2_option
GL_NV_vertex_program3
GL_NVX_conditional_render
GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info
GL_OES_depth24
GL_OES_depth32
GL_OES_depth_texture
GL_OES_element_index_uint
GL_OES_fbo_render_mipmap
GL_OES_get_program_binary
GL_OES_mapbuffer
GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil
GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8
GL_OES_standard_derivatives
GL_OES_texture_3D
GL_OES_texture_float
GL_OES_texture_float_linear
GL_OES_texture_half_float
GL_OES_texture_half_float_linear
GL_OES_texture_npot
GL_OES_vertex_array_object
GL_OES_vertex_half_float
GL_S3_s3tc
GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap
GL_SGIS_texture_lod
GL_SGIX_depth_texture
GL_SGIX_shadow
GL_SUN_slice_accum
GL_WIN_swap_hint
WGL_ARB_buffer_region
WGL_ARB_create_context
WGL_ARB_create_context_profile
WGL_ARB_create_context_robustness
WGL_ARB_extensions_string
WGL_ARB_make_current_read
WGL_ARB_multisample
WGL_ARB_pbuffer
WGL_ARB_pixel_format
WGL_ARB_pixel_format_float
WGL_ARB_render_texture
WGL_ATI_pixel_format_float
WGL_EXT_create_context_es2_profile
WGL_EXT_extensions_string
WGL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
WGL_EXT_pixel_format_packed_float
WGL_EXT_swap_control
WGL_EXT_swap_control_tear
WGL_NV_DX_interop
WGL_NV_DX_interop2
WGL_NV_float_buffer
WGL_NV_multisample_coverage
WGL_NV_render_depth_texture
WGL_NV_render_texture_rectangle
WGL_NVX_DX_interop
Core features
v3.0 (100 % - 23/23)
v3.1 (100 % - 8/8)
v3.2 (100 % - 10/10)
v3.3 (100 % - 10/10)
v4.0 (100 % - 14/14)
v4.1 (100 % - 7/7)
v4.2 (100 % - 12/12)
OpenGL driver version check (Current: 4.2.0, Latest known: 8.17.12.9036):
Outdated version of display drivers detected
According the database, you are might be not using the latest version of display drivers for your video card.
No ICD registry entry
The current OpenGL driver doesn't expose the SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows (NT)/CurrentVersion/OpenGLDrivers registry entry. Unable to detect the driver version, driver revision name and filename.
Few texture units found
This may slow down some applications using fragment programs or extensive texture mapping.
Extension verification:
GL_ARB_compatibility was not found, but is available in driver version 8.17.12.9036
