3dsmax stability

[mikeab7925]

Does 3ds (i use 2009) crash out of nowhere for anyone else? i can be working on something and out of nowhere 3ds has a error and crashes. fortunately the auto backup seems to catch every time. i currently have all the updates autodesk supplies and run windows xp 64bit fully updated. i have dx9 and opengl. my system specs are up to the requirement and i just got 2gbs more of memory to see if that helps. well it didn't.

basically i just want to see if it is unstable for the 3ds users here too.

[minimus]

I have tried out max 2009 but i must say i prefore 2008. its mutch more reliable and max 2009 have to mutch useless smaltools that takes up to mutch. like the littel navigation thinging...whats the point realy.

[shashanks18]

Mike, yea evn my Max 9 crashes.....anytym, out ov nowhr, it suddenly reports n error n crashes...gives ye n option to save the file 'fore shutting dwn.....n sumtyms, wen ye start back dose files which wr saved 'fore crashing, dey too crash again n again,.....tis happend wid me wen i ws makin a guitar, i had to start back frm a long saved file, aftr which i had already progressd very much.....n dese crashes keep happenin all the tym, though the rest ov dese files r stable...

[ice_killer]

im running Visdta home premium 32 bit

whit these specs:
Q6600 @ 2.Ghz
4870X2
team xtreem dark 800mhz
Maximus formula
TX750W PSU


and no crashes, can be that im working STILL whit max 8! :D

[mikeab7925]

thanks for the reply's.

@ minimus
lol. i'm kind of ashamed to admit it, but as a beginner, i like the ViewCube.

[SDA]

Yeah. Max is still crashing (well, at least for me). It has crashed since 6th version (if I can recall). Now... You need good configuration for max not to crash (that is what I've heard), and still you cant expect all from him. There is certain limit in his abilities that he can perform. So when he starts to have to many polys, you need to upgrade your machine.

Regards...

[mikeab7925]

so far i guess the crashes have become less frequent, but are still there. it would be nice to have a nice 4x4 Opteron setup with 16+ gigs of memory and dual Quatros. lol. i wish. maybe some day i'll have a beast.

[SDA]

O_o... You just read my dreams *cries*

Same here bro... same here...

[mikeab7925]

the good thing is prices are coming down on most of the stuff. unfortunately the Quatros are still really expensive.

[rashiga]

well i been also uisng 3ds max 4 sme time but i can tell by my experienc if use direct 3d for veiwport rendering the chances of getn crashes is high,but in normal sftwre rendering dsnt cause mch trouble
and the ant virus scanner i sme times close my antivirus scannr then i hav experiancd less errors but it myt b becoz f ma lo-end pc
And miky sme say quatros r also same as the normal geforce cards i dnt knw whether its tru.i'm just wish to get a dell studio xps at least sme days b'coz i cant afford to by high end stuff and when it cms to sri lanka with all the tax the prices of cmptr parts r very high

[mikeab7925]

i heard something like that to. like if you flash the firmware on certain models of ati and nvidia video cards they can operate like a workstation card. some i heard were as easy as changing the drivers to a modified one.