Max 2018 - viewport slowdowns when navigating

[renar-visuals]

I'm experiencing random viewport slowdowns when navigating around my scenes. It happens even in a simple scene with box in it! Sometimes navigating is very smooth as it should be and sometimes it's very "choppy" as if it's 5-10 FPS.

I don't have this issue with Max 2016. Anybody else having this problem with 2018?

[Nadja.Bueckmann]

Hi @renar-visuals,

could you try to use this driver: 361.91 ?

Please uninstall the old driver first and then install the recommended one so that the installation is clean.

Best, Nadja

[renar-visuals]

Thanks but I am not too keen on installing drivers which are more than an year old. I just installed the latest one (released a day ago) and I still have this problem. I don't think it's related to video drivers.

[Nadja.Bueckmann]

Hi @renar-visuals,

can you tell me more about your system?

What CPU, GPU and OS do you use?

Best, Nadja

[renar-visuals]

CPU: Intel i7 4930k 6 core, 12 threads

GPU: Gigabyte GTX 980 4GB (exact model name - GV-N980WF3OC-4GD)
RAM: 32 GB

OS: Windows 7 Pro SP1

[ViperAleks]

Do you use Shaded or Realistic materials in viewport?

[renar-visuals]

I don't remember but I think I was using Standard, I'm not really sure. There's no Shaded anymore In Max 2018 as far as I know. Anyways, when using Standard I think it's better. I will report here again when I do some more tests.

[Anonymous]

don't be offended by this...but I look at ppl who use the 'latest' drivers as...........................guinea pigs.

Drivers that are 'older'...have matured/stabilised......early adopters want the latest and greatest....then...bang.....a coupla days later...bugs start appearing, then exploits, worms..

So if you see some s/w company trumpeting the arrival of their latest and greatest (cough: buggy) 'drivers'....sure...go ahead and be a guinea pig...

[renar-visuals]

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@Anonymous wrote:

don't be offended by this...but I look at ppl who use the 'latest' drivers as...........................guinea pigs.

Drivers that are 'older'...have matured/stabilised......early adopters want the latest and greatest....then...bang.....a coupla days later...bugs start appearing, then exploits, worms..

So if you see some s/w company trumpeting the arrival of their latest and greatest (cough: buggy) 'drivers'....sure...go ahead and be a guinea pig...

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No offense, but your whole post makes no sense at all.

Before I installed the latest drivers I was using drivers that were 5-6 months old. You can even see them in my signature (I still haven't updated it, I'm lazy). If it wasn't for all the problems with Max 2018, I would have never updated them. Besides, I don't see how is your point valid at all. I've not installed beta drivers but the official WHQL version which is rigurously tested before release so they can work without problems and bugs. I never install anything that is beta, especially drivers (God forbid). So what exactly do you mean by installing "buggy" drivers and being a "guinea pig"? Also, all "old" drivers as you call them were "latest and greatest" at some point in time when they were released. So by this definition, you are also using drivers that were "latest and greatest". "Matured/Stabilised" drivers? What is this, a human being? Drivers are just a piece of non-changing code, not an evolving organism. How can they "mature" and "stabilise" with time? Sorry, but I chuckled here a bit  It's exactly the newest drivers (and software in general for that matter) that are more mature, not older ones.

[Anonymous]

"...but the official WHQL version which is rigurously tested..."

by you believing this proves you got no idea...

and yes...everytime you get a crash or slowdown....have a CHUCKLE at my expense...

[Nadja.Bueckmann]

Hi @renar-visuals,

till we are releasing the official 2018 certified hardware list I would highly recommend to test the 2017 release version and the drivers that were certified in there. Here you can find the list: Graphics Hardware Certification

Then we can find out if the issue is caused by the driver.

Best,

Nadja