Michael J. Brown Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 (edited) I know this topic has been posted and written on multiple times already - I've done the research, read the threads and tried the suggestions. None of the solutions solve my issue. I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction here, because I feel completely gypped that my 4-year old work laptop pulls up these dialog boxes quicker than my home office system. I'm running Max Design 2011 on a brand new 64bit Windows 7 system (dual 3.33Ghz Xeon X5680s with 24gig RAM and Quadro 4000 card) and am experiencing extremely slow response times when navigating in the Material Editor (I've switched back to the old Mat Ed - not using the node-based Slate one). Just clicking on a material slot takes about 3-times longer than normal. Also, when draging a new, blank material (doesn't matter if it's a Vray mat, Standard, Arch, or whatever) into another slot to make a duplicate, it takes a good 3 seconds to execute. Again, these are blank materials I'm talking about here - not ones laden with 30MB maps. Secondly, the Render Setup dialog box takes insanely long to pull up. At least 5 full seconds. On my laptop its up in about 3/4 second. Both of these phenomena happen even in brand new scenes with absolutely nothing in them. Also, i've already installed the Nvidia performance driver for Max. I have installed every patch and update available from Autodesk. I've got no viruses on my sytem. Please advise. Thanks. Edited March 16, 2011 by renderhaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael J. Brown Posted March 20, 2011 Author Share Posted March 20, 2011 nobody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Hunt Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 I have the same issue, you are not alone there have been quite a few complaints on the CGTalk forums. no solutions though jhv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alias_marks Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 I have the same issue +1 Would love to hear a solution if you run across one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael J. Brown Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 But the thing that makes absolutely no sense at all is that my work laptop (which is also 64bit Windows 7 Professional) doesn't have this issue. It's less powerful, has less memory, a lesser graphics card...lesser everything. Yet it doesn't suffer from this problem at all. The only other difference between the two is that I'm running Max 2011 on the laptop and Max Design 2011 on the home system. I've considered just performing a re-install, but just not sure I need to go to that length just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Are you using a 3rd party renderer? It wouldn't have anything to do with the Vray license server, would it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael J. Brown Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 Are you using a 3rd party renderer? It wouldn't have anything to do with the Vray license server, would it? I use Vray (desktop rendering, no local nor on-line render farm). What might I look for within the license server that may play a roll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fran Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Hi Michael, I just know that if I haven't started the VRay License Server, and I open a max scene with Vray materials, it takes ages for the material samples to load. You can start it while you're in Max and it will have an immediate effect if that is the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael J. Brown Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 Thanks, Fran. However, I always make a point of starting up that server prior to opening max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alias_marks Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Seeing that it works on your laptop, it smells a bit like graphics card driver kinda thing. Are you running the nvidia performance drivers by any chance? I hadn't thought of this myself yet so will try to roll back my drivers once I get to th eoffices, and see if that helps at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael J. Brown Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 Seeing that it works on your laptop, it smells a bit like graphics card driver kinda thing. Are you running the nvidia performance drivers by any chance? I hadn't thought of this myself yet so will try to roll back my drivers once I get to th eoffices, and see if that helps at all. Hmmmmm... Interesting, namesake. I actually am running the performance driver. Just before having my system built, I read (on the forum here) that this particular card will be of little benefit if run without said performance driver. So I made a point of installing it first thing. I will definately try rolling mine back to see if that makes a difference (and at what cost to display performance). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael J. Brown Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 DISCO! :D Apparently (even though the system is only 3-months old) I wasn't running the latest Quadro driver. I already have the latest performance driver installed. But it was the base driver that needed updating. btw, no need at all to roll back the performance driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alias_marks Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Awesome, I'll give that a shot as well, from one Michael Brown to another, glad we got it sorted out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael J. Brown Posted March 21, 2011 Author Share Posted March 21, 2011 Thanks, MB, for the driver roll-back suggestion. As a precaution, I figured that before I roll that back, maybe I should just check-in with Nvidia on the latest & greatest. Glad I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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