Open GL or Direct X for 3ds max 7

GhostEye · 09-14-2005, 07:09 AM

Hi I have a gigabyte ati radeon 9550 256 mb. I was wondering if which setting 3ds max 7 would run better on with the card i have. Open GL or Direct X?

mrjack · 09-14-2005, 03:17 PM

In terms of what? Run better? If you mean rendering a scene, the CPU does all the rendering. Like calculations, basically.

Jiffyman · 09-14-2005, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by GhostEye

I was wondering if which setting 3ds max 7 would run better on with the card i have.

Although I don't get what you meant by this. To me Direct X is the better pick I've always found Open GL to be really choppy.

GhostEye · 09-14-2005, 10:03 PM

3ds max doesnt realy even do the rendering for most people. I meant the live view port performance.

mrjack · 09-15-2005, 02:03 PM

Well then it depends mostly on what graphics card you have. nVidia is better than ATi when it comes to OpenGL. I would just use DX.

GhostEye · 09-15-2005, 08:43 PM

hmm i turned direct x on instead of open gl and alot more effects have been enabled for live view port... hmm is open gl shitty or something? Or is 3ds max just optimized for direct x

mrjack · 09-16-2005, 03:54 PM

DX can do alot more things and is the most popular of the two when it comes to graphics.

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GhostEye Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 252	Open GL or Direct X for 3ds max 7 Hi I have a gigabyte ati radeon 9550 256 mb. I was wondering if which setting 3ds max 7 would run better on with the card i have. Open GL or Direct X?

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mrjack VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Finland Age: 17 Posts: 2,315	In terms of what? Run better? If you mean rendering a scene, the CPU does all the rendering. Like calculations, basically. __________________ Main rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3GHz \| MSI P7N Zilent 2x2048Mb OCZ Titanium 800MHz DDR2 Samsung Spinpoint T166 320Gb SATAII Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250Gb SATAII Western Digital Caviar SE 160Gb SATAII MSI NX8800GT OC 512Mb @ 660MHz/950MHz Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio \| Antec Truepower Trio 550W

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mrjack VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Finland Age: 17 Posts: 2,315	Well then it depends mostly on what graphics card you have. nVidia is better than ATi when it comes to OpenGL. I would just use DX. __________________ Main rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3GHz \| MSI P7N Zilent 2x2048Mb OCZ Titanium 800MHz DDR2 Samsung Spinpoint T166 320Gb SATAII Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250Gb SATAII Western Digital Caviar SE 160Gb SATAII MSI NX8800GT OC 512Mb @ 660MHz/950MHz Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio \| Antec Truepower Trio 550W

09-16-2005, 03:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
mrjack VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Finland Age: 17 Posts: 2,315	DX can do alot more things and is the most popular of the two when it comes to graphics. __________________ Main rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @ 3GHz \| MSI P7N Zilent 2x2048Mb OCZ Titanium 800MHz DDR2 Samsung Spinpoint T166 320Gb SATAII Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250Gb SATAII Western Digital Caviar SE 160Gb SATAII MSI NX8800GT OC 512Mb @ 660MHz/950MHz Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio \| Antec Truepower Trio 550W

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09-14-2005, 10:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
GhostEye Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 252	3ds max doesnt realy even do the rendering for most people. I meant the live view port performance.

09-15-2005, 08:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
GhostEye Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 252	hmm i turned direct x on instead of open gl and alot more effects have been enabled for live view port... hmm is open gl shitty or something? Or is 3ds max just optimized for direct x