atest Nvidia Driver Release (260.XX) Breaks Maya High Quality Render Mode...

mparis

All problems with HQR & VP 2.0 have been fixed in the latest driver release (v266.58), be sure to check it out if you've been experiencing problems!

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-64bit-266.58-whql-driver.html

Above link is only for people running Win7/Vista 64bit. If you need support for a different OS version just start from the original driver page.

Lamoot

I wanted to link you to a wikipedia article, where it mentions how fermis are having OpenGL problems in 3d applications (suspected due to somewhat similar reasons as you mention). However, that section of the article is gone... Here's the current article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_400_Series

And here's the page from november 23rd:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GeForce_400_Series&oldid=398373485#OpenGL_Problems

That's sort of weird... why would this be removed? (optimistically): Perhaps it was moved to some other place at the wiki. I'll email the wiki and see what they say.

I use Blender so I can't offer any feedback for your problem, other than older drivers seem like the best solution.

EDIT: from wiki discussion about the OpenGL Problems section http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:GeForce_400_Series#OpenGL_Problems_section

One user continues to blank this section. It seems to be well sourced. Am I missing something ?!

Marine

if you're on 2011, download hotfix 3, this supposedly corrects the problem

Elith2

Hey man thanks for that, i updated my drivers but i've been working on some low poly stuff so didnt have much reason to go in to high quality and wouldnt have noticed this for a while yet.

Back dated and everything is fine and dandy once again

larolaro

I have the EXACT same problem, thanks so much for this info i've been living without HQ for AGES.

My card is a GT 480.

I even installed the HUGE 2011 Service pack 1 and it didn't do squat. Looks like i'll have to get the older driver.

*Edit

My setup is GT 480 - Win 7 x64

The Service pack 1 includes 1,2 and 3 hotfixes. So in my case, hotfix 3 didn't fix the problem.

Elith2

Yeah im running GTX 275 and my housemate is running a GT8800 and we both had the same issue since installing the newest update. So yeah seems like its across all the cards at the moment and its down to the newest patch.

mparis

Alright, thanks for the update everyone. Obviously this is a widespread issue. I submitted an error report to Nvidia, hopefully they'll look into it.

Marine wrote: »

if you're on 2011, download hotfix 3, this supposedly corrects the problem

I'm definitely going to check this out, I am on '11, thanks.

mparis

Lamoot wrote: »

I wanted to link you to a wikipedia article, where it mentions how fermis are having OpenGL problems in 3d applications (suspected due to somewhat similar reasons as you mention). However, that section of the article is gone... Here's the current article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_400_Series

And here's the page from november 23rd:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GeForce_400_Series&oldid=398373485#OpenGL_Problems

That's sort of weird... why would this be removed? (optimistically): Perhaps it was moved to some other place at the wiki. I'll email the wiki and see what they say.

I use Blender so I can't offer any feedback for your problem, other than older drivers seem like the best solution.

EDIT: from wiki discussion about the OpenGL Problems section http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:GeForce_400_Series#OpenGL_Problems_section

This issue has been confirmed across multiple generations of Nvidia cards, and it's only the the latest driver release. Previous to the 260 drivers I've never heard of the specific problem I wrote about presently.

wisebrownmonkey

Yeah I had the same issue. The 258.xx worked. I have a 8800.

mparis

I'm downloading the hotfix 3 now, going to try swapping back to the 260 drivers and see if Autodesk compensated for the error.

wisebrownmonkey

hot fix 3 i believe doesn't fix it.

mparis

Hello sir! I didn't realize who you were until I noticed your portfolio link

I didn't see anything in the hotfix pdf that sugggested it will fix the problem but I'm trying to find a workaround for a friend who just got a GTS 450 and is basically screwed if we can't find a workaround. (Only the 260 drivers are offically supported by her GPU. Might end up seeing if we can get hacked quadro drivers to work...)

mparis

Updated with new info.

Torch

Hotfix 3 doesn't fix issues with HQ rendering, only Viewport 2.0. Some people have had better luck rolling back to a previous driver and using HQ mode then, although I don't know if this will then mess up functionality with viewport 2.0...

mparis

Roll back does resolve most of the problems, however it isn't an effective long term solution.

umbrellabuddha

It is my sincerest hope that this is not an intentional play by Nvidia to try and force people to upgrade to Quadros for proper Maya graphics support, (a conspiracy theory at best) but if it is, you now know one person who will be more than happy to stick with incredibly old drivers...

I'm actually on a Quadro 880m (notebook) and having the same issues...

Scruples

I highly doubt they would do this on purpose. that would be a stupid move seeing as the logical choice for an end user to do make at that point would be to either switch to AMD/ATI or wait until viewport 2.0 is fully functional in which Quadro's and FireGL's actually run worse.

This isn't a historical first for Nvidia either, they did have other drivers that broke the "High Quality" function.

mparis

Updated with new info.

Would appreciate a confirmation on whether VP 2.0 is working for other people with this new beta driver.

Marine

the new 266.35 drivers do support high quality viewport, using 2009, so haven't tried vp 2.0

mparis

http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7-winvista-64bit-266.58-whql-driver.html

Latest driver release offers full Maya support!

Nice to see Nvidia corrected for the bugs. HQR & VP2.0 are now working as advertised.