Nvidia Geforce 8800GT + 3ds max = can anyone answer?

[john smith]

any geforce 8800 GT owner let me know what is the performance of it in 3ds max viewport in direct x mode ? can it handle large polycount ?

[AJLynn]

I'm running the 8800GTS in Max2008 (I also used it in Max9) with DirectX and it is smokin' fast. There are a lot of people here using various 8800 cards. The GT is faster than the GTS so you should be good.

[john smith]

ohh .. you have just saved my soul ... i was so confused .. cause im a gamer as well ....

[P.R.S. Sivakumar .]

Yes, I have XFX Geforce 8800 GT Alpha Dog Edition - 512 MB RAM.

 

Very happy with it. Yes, It can handle large polycounts - tested it in Max 9 Trial version. I mainly use SketchUP though.

 

In Max, do not however expect to have antialiased viewport images - which seem to work only with Maxtreme drivers which cannot be used with Geforce. (It is meant for Quadro FX cards).

 

Hope this helps

 

With best regards

PRSS

[john smith]

Yes, I have XFX Geforce 8800 GT Alpha Dog Edition - 512 MB RAM.

 

Very happy with it. Yes, It can handle large polycounts - tested it in Max 9 Trial version. I mainly use SketchUP though.

 

In Max, do not however expect to have antialiased viewport images - which seem to work only with Maxtreme drivers which cannot be used with Geforce. (It is meant for Quadro FX cards).

 

Hope this helps

 

With best regards

PRSS

 

thanks a lot .. waht is maxstream by the way ?

[AJLynn]

Special Max video driver plugin for Quadros only. I guess it doesn't work in Max08? It does improve performance somewhat but you have to pay for the Quadro so for most peopel it's not worth it.

[AJLynn]

Yes, but not with 100% efficiency - you'd see a speed increase but it wouldn't double. It's still more for gamers than pros.

 

And don't get hung up on the amount of memory - the high amounts are for the lage amount of textures used in games, it has much less impact on performance in Max.