Millenium G400 Max and 3dsMax

[A Maloof]

Anyone using this card with 3dsMax successfully? If so, what version of Max?
Do earlier versions of Max run with it?

Does anyone really hate it for 3ds?

Thanks ahead
Tony Maloof

[Storm2]

I have 3D Studio MAX 2.5 and 3.0 For some reason the G400 OpenGL doesn't seem to initialize in 2.5, but 3.0 works very well, except wireframing is incredibly slow... probably because of the early drivers for NT.
I have tested it in Maya 2.0 as well, and it seems to be working fine. D3D works fine in both 2.5 and 3.0, GL is just far better quality.

I have a Cel 525, 256Mb ram, 18.5gb x 2 Cheetahs, Win98, WinNT4, Linux 6.0 (RH)

[SCompRacer1]

I have a G400 16MB OEM card and 3DSM R2. No problems with Open GL now, but I had experienced crashes with my ECC memory enabled in BIOS.

This is an ASUS P2B series MB conflict and may get solved with future driver releases. Matrox confirms this only happens on the ASUS/ECC Memory Enabled/P2B series MB as they put one together and tried it!

Had a Permedia 2 prior to this and never had an Open GL crash with ECC enabled with it. Thats why I believe it is a driver issue.

But this card renders so well that I ordered a MAX and sold the Permedia 2 already and the VooDoo II's have a couple more days on Ebay but they are as good as sold too. I just disabled ECC in BIOS and live with it, the card is worth it.

3DSM will run in Diect3D as well but OGL is mo better. Have a P II 400 stock clock, all scuzzy inside, 9 GB Cheetah LVD's, 256 MB ECC RAM, Win98SE, NT 4.0 with a Sony GDM 400PS.

Enjoy,

SCompRacer1

[This message has been edited by SCompRacer1 (edited 08-15-1999).]

[A Maloof]

Thanks for your help. I am going with the Matrox MilG400Max, AS SOON AS I CAN GET SOMEONE TO SELL IT TO ME HERE IN THE UK!!!

A bit rare at the moment

Thanks again.
Tony

[SCompRacer1]

Here in the USA, some say they are "scarce as hen's teeth."

What do they say over there in the UK?

SCompRacer1

[Vandal]

Hey guys, I was one of the first people ever to receive a G400 MAX (retail version), anyways... one of the main purposes was to use it in 3DSMAX (I have version 2.5, soon to be buying 3.0).

When I start up 3DSMAX with the /h option, I have the option for Software or OpenGL. My D3D is greyed out. So I try OGL and it works, but not great. It's faster to use Software. If I try and use a background image in one of my views using OGL, it gets all screwed up.

I used to have 3DSMAX 3.0 (like alpha 30 or something) but I didn't have my G400 MAX at the time. I use 3DSMAX a lot, and I'd like it to work better. The NT drivers arn't great yet.. they work.

My Computer:
FIC VA-305+ Motherboard
AMD K6-III 400
Matrox Millenium G400 MAX
Diamond Monster MX300 Soundcard
Dual-boot system: Win98 & WinNT 4.0 sp5

[Vandal]

Hey guys, I was one of the first people ever to receive a G400 MAX (retail version), anyways... one of the main purposes was to use it in 3DSMAX (I have version 2.5, soon to be buying 3.0).

When I start up 3DSMAX with the /h option, I have the option for Software or OpenGL. My D3D is greyed out. So I try OGL and it works, but not great. It's faster to use Software. If I try and use a background image in one of my views using OGL, it gets all screwed up.

I used to have 3DSMAX 3.0 (like alpha 30 or something) but I didn't have my G400 MAX at the time. I use 3DSMAX a lot, and I'd like it to work better. The NT drivers arn't great yet.. they work.

My Computer:
FIC VA-305+ Motherboard
AMD K6-III 400
Matrox Millenium G400 MAX
Diamond Monster MX300 Soundcard
Dual-boot system: Win98 & WinNT 4.0 sp5

[DuRaNgO]

If anyone is interested, I have a connection who has a large supply of those hen's teeth for pre-order
jim

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