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Futuremark » Products » 3DMark03 » 3DMark03 Approved Drivers

3DMark03 Approved Drivers

The drivers listed on this page are the only drivers approved to be used with Build 3.6.0 of 3DMark03. By using the listed drivers and correct product version, you will get a valid and fully comparable 3DMark result. We will update the driver information continuously as new WHQL certified drivers are reviewed. Please note that the approved drivers listed below have been tested only with the default benchmark settings!

It is recommended to read our updated 3DMark Driver Approval Policy & Optimization Guidelines (PDF) document.

Note: If you are to use any Anisotropic Filtering or AntiAliasing, please set the driver settings to "Application" and use the AF and AA settings from within 3DMark.

Reviewed and Approved AMD (ATI) Drivers

We have inspected all offical AMD (ATI) WHQL drivers through November 3rd, 2008. Listed below are the latest official drivers that have been approved for 3DMark03 Build 3.6.0 usage:

Radeon x3xx0, X2x00, Radeon X1x00, Radeon X8x0 and Radeon 9x00 Series:
Catalyst 8.10 Drivers - WinXP

Notes: The AMD (ATI) Catalyst 3.9 - 8.10 Drivers have been tested with the X2x00, X1x00, X8x0 , 9x00 and 8x00 Series. Microsoft no longer accepts certification submissions for the WinME operating system.

Reviewed and Approved Matrox Parhelia Drivers

We have inspected all offical Matrox WHQL drivers through December 9th, 2003. Listed below are the latest official drivers that have been approved for 3DMark03 Build 3.6.0 usage:

Parhelia & P-Series:
1.04.02.007 Drivers - WinXP/Win2000

Notes: The Matrox 1.04.02.007 Drivers have been tested with the Parhelia series. There are no WHQL Win9x or WinME drivers available.

Reviewed and Approved NVIDIA Drivers

We have inspected all offical NVIDIA WHQL drivers through June 17th, 2008. Listed below are the latest official drivers that have been approved for 3DMark03 Build 3.6.0 usage:

GeForce GTX series
ForceWare 177.35 Drivers - WinXP

GeForce6, 7 and 8 Series:
ForceWare 175.16 Drivers - WinXP

GeForce3, GeForce4 and GeForceFX Series:
ForceWare 52.16 Drivers - WinXP/Win2000

Notes: The NVIDA Forceware 175.16 Drivers have been tested with the GeForce6, GeForce7 and GeForce8 Series and comply with Futuremark's Guidelines. The NVIDIA ForceWare 52.16 Drivers have been tested with the GeForce3 series, GeForce4 series and the GeForceFX series and comply with Futuremark's Guidelines. The NVIDIA Forceware 177.35 Drivers have been tested with the GeForce GTX series and comply with Futuremark's Driver Guidelines.

The Forceware 52.16-91.47 drivers have a generic optimization which only affects the Pixel Shader 2.0 feature test. While the optimization is not 3DMark specific, it is against Futuremark's driver optimization guidelines, thus making the PS2.0 feature test score solely comparable between NVIDIA cards.

Reviewed and Approved SiS Xabre Drivers

We have inspected all offical SiS Xabre WHQL drivers through December 9th, 2003. Listed below are the latest official drivers that have been approved for 3DMark03 Build 3.6.0 usage:

Xabre Series:
Xabre 3.10 Drivers - WinXP/Win2000/WinME

NotesThe SiS Xabre 3.10 Drivers have been tested with the Xabre series. The resulting image is not comparable to the Reference Rasterizer, but the drivers seem to follow the Optimization Guidelines.