They have as per this link http://download.autodesk.com/us/qualcharts/2011/maya2011_qualifiedgraphics_win.pdf I'm pretty sure I remember seeing 400 series Nvidia cards on some list at some point, but they seem to have a new system where it just shows professional cards. Even when they did certify consumer hardware, it was…
I remember way waaaay back there was a way to "hack" Geforce cards to use Quadro drivers. Is this still possible? Anyone tried it? Does it help with these issues? A little googling brings me to this. I'm not sure if this method still works since the guide is 2+ years old now. Unfortunately I don't have a 400 or 500 series…
I thought Nvidia had crippled certain aspects of it's Open GL support with the Geforce 400 and 500 series cards in order to push their pro Quadro cards. That might be what's causing your problems. See what the Blender community has discovered about this issue here. EDIT: or maybe it was this thread. EDIT2: A thread on the…