Parhelia and 3dsmax

[MaxMan]

So we go out and buy 40 Parhelia cards (yes I said 40).

We've been promised drivers that'll work properly in 3dsmax since day 1. It's been weeks and the latest driver makes it even worse!!!

Come on guys!!!! where's the correct driver???

**DISSAPOINTED**

[Neomagic_Twist]

That's not a question you should pose here. We're not Matrox here, we're just a users group. Go complain on the Matrox fora.

That being said...that is pretty sad !

[afterburn]

Hmm.. I find 3DSMax working pretty good using D3D, which is what you should be using either now or in the future anyway (that is, if you use OGL now), if you want to use the vertex/pixel shader possibilities of 3DSMax anyway. (If I understood correctly, I am by no means an expert)
OGL is borked big time from my experience. I can't even start the app using OGL.

[MaxMan]

OpenGL is definately faster for interactivity (viewports).

BTW - nice specs, what O/S are you using?

My specs:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-8SR533
CPU: P4 2.26 with 533 FSB
RAM - 1 GIG DDR 333
HDD: 80GB Ultra 133, 7200 rpm
Graphics: Matrox Parhelia 128Mb
OS: WinXP Pro (5.1)

[afterburn]

Win XP Pro, runs like a charm. As far as OGL, I wouldn't know since 3DSMax hangs on me as soon as the viewports should be displayed after startup. Have to kill the app using taskmanager. In 3D3 it is fine. Haven't tried version 5 yet though, might work better.

[CaineTanathos]

I believe that Max5 support special directx 8.1 and even 9 features for the viewports

[MaxMan]

Just my luck - I've been working the whole day in max5 without any problems. ???

It is true that max has support for:

Direct3D Version:
8.1
9.0
Direct3D Device
Hardware (HAL)
Software (RefRast)
Direct3D Use Flags
Release
Debug

To be honest I have no idea what they're talking about.

The wierd thing is that sometimes in the middle of doing something (like zooming or creating) the entire PC will shut down and restart - but not 2day.

[Wombat]

That sounds like your power supply is too weak, not a driver issue.

[MaxMan]

I don't think it is - I have a 300Watt power supply and it only happens when I do certain things in max (graphics)

[Wombat]

It's nearly impossible to have software cause a spontaneous reboot in XP. You should at least get a lock-up or even BSOD. Power, heat, defective hardware - a physical cause is much more likely.

[Technoid]

300 watt is standard these days and really not that much......

Wombat:
I have experienced (pun intended ) that near impossibility and it was nearly driving me nut's......

[Pace]

MaxMax: Are you using 3DSMax for work purposes? What versions are you using?

[Ryu Connor]

It's nearly impossible to have software cause a spontaneous reboot in XP. You should at least get a lock-up or even BSOD. Power, heat, defective hardware - a physical cause is much more likely.

Drivers can tend to do it as well.

[Greebe]

MaxMan see my email. Think you would like this idea

[DGhost]

Originally posted by Ryu Connor


Drivers can tend to do it as well.

but as greebe said, its nearly impossible.

Windows 2000 and Windows XP are designed to trap that sort of behavior out and cause a program crash or the system would blue screen before it will just reboot.

even the system just locking up is harder to do than it seems under Windows XP and 2000. the device is much more likely to cause a blue screen that it is to lock or reboot.

a hardware problem is by far more likely to be the cause of the random rebooting than a software problem.