W.T.F?

[Sawyer]

Ok this afternoon while working on a project max stops working and crashes on start. I removed the ini file and it worked again. I then dl sp3 and had to redo a few preferences and went back onto the same file. When I pushed render the file that usually takes about 4 hours to render rendered in under 80 minutes. Watching the lc and buckets move was crazy fast. I then took those gi files (irr map and light cache) and I am using those to render out a file 2x the source size (I started at 2600 now I am rendering 5200). It has been rendering to vrimage file for over 3 hours and it is a bit more than half way there. The rendering I am doing now is just a test not the final but what happened? Is there any reason for the ini file to affect rendering times? The amount of time I am looking at now seems more like what I had been used to but I have never seen the buckets fly like that. I did change the display driver settings in preferences but I wouldn't imagine that would change any render times.

Thanks

[DaForce]

Hmmm unless some how max was only using half your cpu/cores? Maybe there something naf in the ini file.

Bloody weird tho.

[jacksc02]

odd, it does sound like something in your max preferences was holding you back

[DanielBrew]

Not having Multi-threading on could cause that.

Dan

[Sawyer]

I know I didn't turn Bitmap pager back on maybe that was the issue?

Now I am having a REALLY long lag time with max. I can tumble well enough but if I switch programs (say from firefox to max) it takes like a 30 seconds. and opening a menu takes forever. I have an Nvidia fx 3000 I looked at the old ini file and it said I was using the Direct x 8.1 (I am assuming this is a display issue) I tried that I tried direct x 9 I tried open gl everything is sooo slow. What should I do to trouble shoot this?

Edit - What would be the best setting for the fx 3000?
Thanks

[RenderMonkey]

What would be the best setting for the fx 3000?

You should use Maxtream drivers. They are optimized for 3ds max and nvidia quadro boards.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/maxtreme_8.00.03.html

cheers mate!

[Sawyer]

Thanks render monkey. I had been using those but now I cannot use them with sp3.

[Sawyer]

Infact I bet that its my Maxtreme drivers that have caused the problem to begin with. I just reinstalled them installed the new Nvidia drivers and I still cannot get max to run with Maxtreme. I get a crash right as max loads (after spalsh screen.)