nirsul Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Hi Does anybody know what are the chances of MAX 2009 running OK in the new W7 ?? AuutoDESK announced that 2010 is compatible but I still use 2009. Nir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandmanNinja Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 (edited) If it runs in Vista then it should run in Win7. If nothing else, Win7 has an XP-Compatibility mode. I think you'd only need to worry about much older programs. Companies have to pay to get software "certified" and no one would certify an older program when it's preparing to release (yet another) newer version in a few months. This is an educated guess, I haven't tried it personally. I planned on upgrading my Q6600 last weekend, but haven't had to time to do so yet. Edited October 24, 2009 by SandmanNinja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lester_Masterson Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 If it runs in Vista then it should run in Win7. If nothing else, Win7 has an XP-Compatibility mode. Just a note. XP compatibility is not available on Home Premium. I'm looking at the back of the box now...feeling a bit conflicted on why I didn't opt for Professional Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandmanNinja Posted October 24, 2009 Share Posted October 24, 2009 Ah... didn't know that - thanks for the info. Can you do an upgrade and get the Ultimate or the Professional edition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 After looking into it some more... There is another item that may influence design viz people, though only those with a lot of money... Windows Home edition only supports up to 8gb of RAM. Windows Home Premium supports 16gb of RAM. Pro and higher support 192gb of RAM. But as I said, I don't know many on this board using more than 16gb of RAM. Though that will more than likely change by the time Win7 reaches the end of its lifespan. Also, ...the virtual XP environment for Windows7 runs an actual copy of XP service pack 3 to guarantee 100% compatibility. I believe Windows7 will need a min of 1.1gb to run idol. I think XP's footprint is only 100mb's or so. This isn't the end of the world, but it might be something to think about. According to Microsoft's website, it is $90 to go from Home Premium to Pro. http://store.microsoft.com/microsoft/Windows-Windows-7/category/102 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandmanNinja Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 Wow - can't get much more compatible than that, eh? I have 8 gigs on my Q6600 and the only time 3ds has ever taken more then 5 or 6 gigs is when some weird lighting/texture went nuts and chewed up all available ram. But the above info makes me wish I had gone with 12-gigs on my i7 rather than just 6-gigs. But then again I'm not planning on running Windows 7 on it (at this point, anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Homeless Guy Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 We use 8gb configs, but I have lots of scenes that would be happy with even more. Right now I often throttle them at 7,200mb's. Typically it is because I have the Dosch car collection maxed out for quality. I need to create a lower res set, but have never got around to it. I also frequently run multiple instances of Max, and often PS at the same time too. So I could use quite a bit of RAM if I had access to it. Sometimes it is better not have access to it though, forcing you to be more efficient with your decisions. More ram could lend itself to longer render times because you can pack more detail and quality into a scene before the computer says no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 does anyone know if the compatibility mode works for services too, or is it just apps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itarc Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 I run 3d max 2009 and Win7 RC on Netbook M912Gigabyte. So good:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thablanch Posted October 29, 2009 Share Posted October 29, 2009 Some of my co-workers are on Windows7, and the machines are my render slaves, and no problem. (Everything in service, Backburner, Vray spawner and VrayRT.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kid84 Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 im currently using win7 with 3d max 2009. been through a lot problems, but most of them solved. hopefully wont pop up new problems again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bela Mar Posted March 3, 2010 Share Posted March 3, 2010 Hi Does anybody know what are the chances of MAX 2009 running OK in the new W7 ?? AuutoDESK announced that 2010 is compatible but I still use 2009. Nir I'm having big troubles with 3ds max 2009 in Windows 7 Profissional (x64). I'm trying to solve a big problem for me, but so far, I didn't find the solution anyware. I can open it, but during my work, when the program have to think for a while, it blows up! I'm notified that "An error has occurred and the application will now close.". When I start 3ds max, my scheme color is changed, i don't know why (but the origin of the problem could be here, i don't know!). If someone knows the solution for this, please help! Thank you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Johnston Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 I'm also having some major problems with Max 2009 and W7 Pro, regardless of what my video settings are almost every scene I try to open Max will crash. I figured I'd have to run it under the XP64 compatibility mode but the only options available are Vista and Windows Server 2008. I've spent a whole day installing software and if I can't get this working I'm going to have to reinstall XP64. I'm running an Nvidia Quadro 3800 and never had any problems like this before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Johnston Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 I found this on autodesk's site, it's a list of each supported OS and the product, officially 2009 isn't supported on Windows 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirsul Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 Since my first post I moved to Win7 and also Upgraded to max 2011 Max 2009 works fine on Win7 (at least for me) Maybe it has to do with the graphics card? Nir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devin Johnston Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I've got to say that so far I'm not impressed with Windows 7 or Max 2011, both of them are memory hogs, scenes that I used to render with less than 3 gigs of ram are now taking 4+gigs. Max just seems to be sluggish, and I'm pretty sure it's rendering slower than it used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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