Upgrading from 7600GT, for 3D Studio Max

[wwswimming]

i like my eVGA 7600 card a lot. but it is straining on some scenes in 3D Max. it also has artifacts, noisy static-y areas that disappear after a redraw.

anyway, i'm wondering what graphics card is a good step up from the 7600GT for about $200.

i like the look of the asus 1950 Pro heatsink
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/videocards/article.php/3658926

but should probably base my selection on something more than that.

do you think the 8600's will be out in the April time-frame ?

 

[Lord Banshee]

3dsmax likes directx, if you are using opengl select directx you will get nice speed bump.

The only artifacts i ever got in 3dsmax was redraw issues and it was fixed with something redraw scene on window expose, 3dsmax 6 was the last time i used 3dsmax. you can see the dialog here:
http://features.cgsociety.org/stories/2...3/quadrofx_range/3ds_max8-D3D_pref.png

This is same for OpenGL if you have to use it.

Also i would turn on vsync from your nvidia control panel.

Hope this helps

But if you really want to get a new card a x1950xt or pro will be nice. But again use directX for 3dsmax.

 

[BassBomb]

You should really look into snagging a Quadro or FireGL for 3dsmax

I have been using my 6600GT for max since i got it, and my GF2 prior to that

It can handle anythign very well until it becomes heavily cpu bottled with scenes using meshsmooth over 500k polies

 

[JPB]

Originally posted by: wwswimming

i like my eVGA 7600 card a lot. but it is straining on some scenes in 3D Max. it also has artifacts, noisy static-y areas that disappear after a redraw.

anyway, i'm wondering what graphics card is a good step up from the 7600GT for about $200.

i like the look of the asus 1950 Pro heatsink
http://www.sharkyextreme.com/hardware/videocards/article.php/3658926

but should probably base my selection on something more than that.

do you think the 8600's will be out in the April time-frame ?

Check out my sig.

 

[conlan]

Originally posted by: wwswimming

i like my eVGA 7600 card a lot. but it is straining on some scenes in 3D Max. it also has artifacts, noisy static-y areas that disappear after a redraw.

anyway, i'm wondering what graphics card is a good step up from the 7600GT for about $200.

X1950XT

For a few buck more:

8800GTS 320