3ds max 2015 viewport settings.

[Anonymous]

Hi

Like the new max, specially the outliner!

Having a bit of trouble with a not too heavy scene that seems to jump to wireframe on edits and sometimes dissapears totally. I have a nvidia gts 250 card and have been looking to see if it is dx11 compatible and so far it looks like the card can handle dx11 but without the extra features. I have adaptive degredation off so maybe there is a setting I am missing. Would be a shame to exit nitrous as I like that very much. Didnt have this problem with 2014 but as my comp gets older this may become an issue forcing me to update my card. Any ideas welcome.

Cheerio

[Steve_Curley · Accepted solution]

I don't see a gts260 on Wikipedia but as all such 200 series cards are now seriously old a new one woud certainly help.
In the meantime, use Shaded mode rather than Realistic, if you're still at the modeling stage remove any Materials (store them in a Library for later use if necessary), hide everything you don't need at the time, turn off shadows and such features, use the Default lights. Anything which will help viewport performance.
You could also try the Nitrous Direct3D9 driver - it may be that bit quicker (but will likely have less features).

[Anonymous]

Ok just for anyone else with similar issues, I just installed sp1 and the problem seems to have gone away! I forgot the most basic step.
Cheerio

[Anonymous]

Thanks Steve.

Yup I have a feeling the card is on it's last legs like you say. After installing the sp1 the problem has stopped. None the less I feel soon will be time to go for a new setup. Thanks also for the tips on optimizing the viewport. I wasnt aware that nitrous has a D9 driver! Very handy.

I am pretty impressed with 2015 so far.

Cheerio