Futuremark 除了不爽 NV 的 driver "優化" 外, 其實最擔心的應該是 NV 這一招可能造成大眾對 3DMark03 的可信賴度更加持疑, 以下是 Futuremark 發給各媒體, 客戶及生意夥伴的聲明:

Futuremark Corporation
May 23rd, 2003

To the Media, Futuremark's customers and business partners:

Audit Report: Alleged NVIDIA Driver Cheating on 3DMark03

After the launch of 3DMark03 Build 320 Futuremark has received reports from the members of its
BETA Program concerning certain anomalies with 3DMark03 and Nvidia drivers. ExtremeTech
(www.extremetech.com) has published an article1 on suspecting NVIDIA drivers to improperly
boost scores on Futuremark𠏋 3DMark?3. Some of these anomalies have also been reported by
Beyond3D2. Alarmed by all these reports Futuremark has conducted a thorough internal audit
regarding this matter and has verified that certain NVIDIA drivers indeed seem to have detection
mechanisms, which are triggered by components of the 3DMark03 program. We have identified
eight such mechanisms.........

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