Maya's polycount import limit

Slugs

Hey does anybody know how to optimize Maya so high poly imports are possible?
Max doesn't seem to have a problem with 6m polygon imports yet Maya chokes at anything above 750k.

Anybody have a solution?

Thanks

Joopson

What's your system like?

I have a pretty mediocre system, and I don't have problems until I go over 2 million or so; and even above that is doable, it just makes working in the scene slow and cumbersome.

Slugs

nVidia GTX 660
16GB RAM
Intel Core i-7 3770 Ivy Bridge 3.4ghz
500gb SSD

Joopson

I'm on an nVidia GeForce 550Ti, with 8gb of RAM, an i7, and a standard harddrive, and haven't had particular issue bringing in dense meshes, so I'm not quite sure what could be causing your problems, considering your machine is way better than mine. Drivers or compatibility maybe? I'm at a loss.

Maybe someone else here has some idea?

Burpee

that's weird, try to change your viewport setting ? OpenGL / DirectX maybe ?

passerby

which maya version, you should make sure it is on viewport 2.0 and not the legacy viewport. Also make sure there isnt SSAO or AA running in viewport

itzaspace

if you use zbrush you can decimate your high poly, that is what i always do when i want to import hi poly models to maya and you dont loose details at 20%