Supported Graphics Cards

The qualified graphics cards on this page have been tested on a variety of hardware platforms in combination with the graphics subsystems listed above. These cards should perform well with FreeForm and ClayTools software. Different combinations of computer, graphics card, driver, and OS can behave differently from system to system. To avoid any potential hardware/software related conflicts, SensAble recommendeds that the systems be run on one of our qualified configurations. See FreeForm System Requirements and ClayTools System Requirements for qualified configurations.

Latest SensAble-Compatible Graphics Cards:

FreeForm v12 - coming soon
FreeForm v11 and ClayTools v3
FreeForm v10 and ClayTools v2
FreeForm v9.2 and ClayTools v1.x
Legacy Compatible Graphics Cards
Important Notes
 

Latest SensAble Modeling System-Compatible Graphics Cards:

FreeForm v11 and ClayTools v3:

Following cards have been tested in Windows7 (32bit and 64bit) with driver version 259.57.
Note: Version 10 qualified cards will work with version 11 for the operating system and driver they are qualified with.

 Company Model  Win7 Driver Notes

32-bit 

64-bit 
 NVIDIA  Quadro 600  259.57 Oct 10
 Win7-32 259.57 driver 
 Win7-64 259.57 driver 		PCI-E

  x

  x
 NVIDIA  Quadro 2000  259.57 Oct 10
 Win7-32 259.57 driver 
 Win7-64 259.57 driver 		PCI-E 

 x

 x
 NVIDIA Quadro 4000  259.57 Oct 10
 Win7-32 259.57 driver 
 Win7-64 259.57 driver 		PCI-E

 x

x 
 NVIDIA  Quadro 5000

 259.57 Oct 10
 Win7-32 259.57 driver 
 Win7-64 259.57 driver

 PCI-E

x

x
 NVIDIA  Quadro 6000  259.57 Oct 10
 Win7-32 259.57 driver 
 Win7-64 259.57 driver 		PCI-E

x

x

FreeForm v10 and ClayTools v2:
FreeForm v10 and ClayTools v2 systems require OpenGL 2.1 support. The table below lists graphics cards and drivers we have tested for use with the FreeForm and ClayTools modeling systems.

  • If you encounter an OpenGL 2.1 error message, please see your graphics card manufacturers options for upgrading your driver.
  • If you encounter other issues that you think may be related to your graphics card, contact .  

SensAble is in the process of qualifying newer cards and drivers, including Vista dirvers. As soon as more information is available this table will be updated. If you have questions, email .  

 Company Model  WinXP Driver WinVista Driver Notes

32-bit 

64-bit 
 NVIDIA  Quadro FX 570  1.8246 Mar 09
 XP-32 182.46 driver
 XP-64 182.46 driver 		1.8246 Mar 09
VISTA-32 182.46 driver
VISTA-64 182.46 driver 		PCI-E

  x

  x
 NVIDIA  Quadro FX 1500  1.8246 Mar 09
 XP-32 182.46 driver
 XP-64 182.46 driver

1.8246 Mar 09
VISTA-32 182.46 driver
VISTA-64 182.46 driver

 PCI-E 

 x

 x
 NVIDIA  Quadro FX 1700  1.8246 Mar 09
 XP-32 182.46 driver
 XP-64 182.46 driver 		1.8246 Mar 09
VISTA-32 182.46 driver
VISTA-64 182.46 driver 		PCI-E

 x

 x
 NVIDIA  Quadro FX 1800  1.8246 Mar 09
 XP-32 182.46 driver
 XP-64 182.46 driver 		1.8246 Mar 09
VISTA-32 182.46 driver
VISTA-64 182.46 driver 		PCI-E

 x

 x
 NVIDIA  Quadro FX 3700  1.8246 Mar 09
 XP-32 182.46 driver
 XP-64 182.46 driver

1.8246 Mar 09
VISTA-32 182.46 driver
VISTA-64 182.46 driver

 PCI-E

x

x
 NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800  1.8246 Mar 09
 XP-32 182.46 driver
 XP-64 182.46 driver 		1.8246 Mar 09
VISTA-32 182.46 driver
VISTA-64 182.46 driver

PCI-E

 x

 x
 NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600  1.8246 Mar 09
 XP-32 182.46 driver
 XP-64 182.46 driver 		1.8246 Mar 09
VISTA-32 182.46 driver
VISTA-64 182.46 driver 		PCI-E

 x

x 
 NVIDIA  Quadro FX 4800

 1.8246 Mar 09
 XP-32 182.46 driver
 XP-64 182.46 driver

1.8246 Mar 09
VISTA-32 182.46 driver
VISTA-64 182.46 driver 

 PCI-E

x

x
 NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600

 1.8246 Mar 09
 XP-32 182.46 driver
 XP-64 182.46 driver

 1.8246 Mar 09
VISTA-32 182.46 driver
VISTA-64 182.46 driver  		PCI-E

 x

 x
 NVIDIA  Quadro FX 5800  1.8246 Mar 09
 XP-32 182.46 driver
 XP-64 182.46 driver

1.8246 Mar 09
VISTA-32 182.46 driver
VISTA-64 182.46 driver 

 PCI-E

x

x

FreeForm v9.2 and ClayTools 1.x Compatible Graphics Cards:

NOTE: Support for Windows Vista was not available until FreeForm v10 and ClayTools v2. 

Company Model WinXP Driver Notes

32-bit 

64-bit 
NVIDIA  Quadro FX 4600 169.39
32bit – sp38542.exe 
64bit -- sp38543.exe 		PCI-E

x

x
NVIDIA  Quadro FX 1700 169.39
32bit – sp38542.exe 
64bit -- sp38543.exe  		PCI-E

x

x
NVIDIA  Quadro FX 570 169.39
32bit – sp38542.exe
64bit -- sp38543.exe  		PCI-E

x

x
NVIDIA  Quadro FX 3700 169.39
32bit – sp38542.exe
64bit -- sp38543.exe  		PCI-E

x

x
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 169.39
32bit – sp38542.exe
64bit -- sp38543.exe  		PCI-E

 x

x
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600 169.39
32bit – sp38542.exe
64bit -- sp38543.exe  		PCI-E

 x

 x
NVIDIA  Quadro FX 1500 169.39
32bit – sp38542.exe
64bit -- sp38543.exe  		PCI-E

x

x
NVIDIA  FX 4500  81.67 PCI-E

x

 
NVIDIA FX 4000 65.90 AGP

x

 
NVIDIA FX 3450 77.56 PCI-E

x

x
NVIDIA FX 3400 61.77 PCI-E

x

 
NVIDIA FX 1300 61.77 PCI-E

x

 
ATI FireGL
V3100		 8.163.1.2

Read Me 		PCI-E

x

 

Legacy SensAble-Compatible Graphics Cards

The following graphics cards were tested for pre-v9.1 versions of FreeForm:

NOTE: 64-bit editions were not available until FreeForm v9.2 

Company Model  Graphics Controller Win2k Driver  WinXP Driver
NVIDIA PCI FX 1400 NVIDIA PCI 71.84 71.84
NVIDIA Quadro FX 500 NVIDIA Quadro FX 61.77 61.77
NVIDIA Quadro FX 540 NVIDIA Quadro FX 71.84 71.84
NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 NVIDIA Quadro FX 9.1.4.7
NVIDIA Quadro FX 560 NVIDIA Quadro FX 9.1.4.7
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 NVIDIA Quadro FX 61.77 61.77
NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 61.77 61.77
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3000 NVIDIA Quadro FX 61.77 61.77
ATI FireGLX1 FGL™9700 Visual Processing Unit (VPU) 8.163.1.2

Read Me 		8.163.1.2

Read Me
ATI FireGLX2 FGL™9800 Visual Processing Unit (VPU) 8.163.1.2

Read Me 		8.163.1.2

Read Me
ATI FireGLT2 FGL™9600 Visual Processing Unit (VPU) 79621 79621
ATI FireGL4 ATI  IBM 256-bit Graphics Rasterizer chipset Unsupported

 Important Notes: 

While SensAble makes every attempt to be as thorough as possible, hardware manufacturers change their products frequently and may be shipping newer products or have discontinued active support for others.

The graphics drivers specified in these tables are the drivers that were used for the qualification process. While it may be possible to use the SensAble modeling systems successfully on earlier or later drivers, SensAble Technologies, Inc. cannot guarantee their performance.

Some SensAble users have had success running system configurations that deviate from the above. In such cases, these configurations are not officially supported by SensAble Technologies, Inc.