Max 2015-2017 viewport performance is... odd.
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So back in the day I had a junk computer that was barely able to run some games, integrated graphics, max ran great, etc. Got a newer computer that had a decent card, ran games, max RAN great except for the viewport. Recent versions of Max since Nitrous was added definitely run smoother, but there is a certain issue that I've noticed.
Before getting into the actual problem, I will say I'm on a system that's at least fairly new: (basic info should be enough right?)
- i7-6820, 16GB RAM, GeForce GTX980
So I can run games like Elite Dangerous on maxed out settings (or at least extremely close - minus the texture super sampling) and still get 45-65 ish fps. MAX, in DX9 mode gives me a wonderful 70fps with plenty of mesh detail, thousands and thousands of polys and no problems what so ever. Running in DX11 mode is a different story. No matter what viewport view style I've chosen, they all only get at best 20fps when panning/rotating the view. However! if I maximize the viewport window I'm currently working in, my fps rockets up to well over 100fps. The same behavior occurs with or without anything in the scene. A completely brand new startup empty scene will give me 20fps whether it be shaded, realistic, or even wireframe. When I maximize, say, the perspective view, it draws any mode with even cranked up max detail like 8x lighting and shadows, it runs silky smooth. The 20fps is only when all 4 viewports are visible at the same time.
Again, it's not out of the question to just use DX9 instead since it gives me that awesome performance, so I do. I am just wondering if anyone has noticed this when they are trying to tweak 3ds Max performance or if they've managed to find a solution to this, aside from maximizing the view when you want to be able to manually turn-table your work to get all those juicy viewing angles to see if you missed anything etc. etc.? Again, this just seems to happen in DX11 mode, not DX9
Before getting into the actual problem, I will say I'm on a system that's at least fairly new: (basic info should be enough right?)
- i7-6820, 16GB RAM, GeForce GTX980
So I can run games like Elite Dangerous on maxed out settings (or at least extremely close - minus the texture super sampling) and still get 45-65 ish fps. MAX, in DX9 mode gives me a wonderful 70fps with plenty of mesh detail, thousands and thousands of polys and no problems what so ever. Running in DX11 mode is a different story. No matter what viewport view style I've chosen, they all only get at best 20fps when panning/rotating the view. However! if I maximize the viewport window I'm currently working in, my fps rockets up to well over 100fps. The same behavior occurs with or without anything in the scene. A completely brand new startup empty scene will give me 20fps whether it be shaded, realistic, or even wireframe. When I maximize, say, the perspective view, it draws any mode with even cranked up max detail like 8x lighting and shadows, it runs silky smooth. The 20fps is only when all 4 viewports are visible at the same time.
Again, it's not out of the question to just use DX9 instead since it gives me that awesome performance, so I do. I am just wondering if anyone has noticed this when they are trying to tweak 3ds Max performance or if they've managed to find a solution to this, aside from maximizing the view when you want to be able to manually turn-table your work to get all those juicy viewing angles to see if you missed anything etc. etc.? Again, this just seems to happen in DX11 mode, not DX9