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The latest dev releases of dolphin incorrectly detects both of my PC's are using OpenGL version 3.3.

http://i.imgur.com/Hm0TvoZ.png

What glxinfo returns

OpenGL vendor string: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon™ R7 Graphics  
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.4.13283 Core Profile Context 14.501.1003
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.40
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.4.13283 Compatibility Profile Context 14.501.1003
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.40
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: compatibility profile
OpenGL extensions:


http://i.imgur.com/YY4MCU2.png

glxinfo for this one

OpenGL vendor string: NVIDIA Corporation
OpenGL renderer string: GeForce GTX 650 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.4.0 NVIDIA 346.35
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.40 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
OpenGL core profile context flags: (none)
OpenGL core profile profile mask: core profile
OpenGL core profile extensions:
OpenGL version string: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 346.35
OpenGL shading language version string: 4.50 NVIDIA
OpenGL context flags: (none)
OpenGL profile mask: (none)
OpenGL extensions:
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.1 NVIDIA 346.35
OpenGL ES profile shading language version string: OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.10
OpenGL ES profile extensions:

Only tested on linux since I don't have windows.

Rev 4.0-4826 is when it starts happening.

Since you narrowed down the revision, you may want to open up an official issue on it here:
https://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu/issues/list

I asked Sonicadvance1 and he says this is intended. Unless I misunderstood him, we open an OpenGL 3.3 context that's forward compatible.