Hi,

can i run 3ds max “2012” 32 bit (or 64 bit) with a grapic card of 128 mb memory ? i have Nvidia 8400G-128MB graphic card on laptop. system is AMD Turion 64 x 2 mobile technology with 2GB RAM.

probably...just don;t expect much.  most things like nitrous i think require min 1GB video memory.  u can prob get by with it for most stuff tho.  just try and see...but if u can...always get the best video/cpu/memory for the money.

Intel i7 930 2.8Ghz 8 CORE HT / CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus (no OC yet!)
Nvidia EVGA GTX 260 v296.10 driver (Nitrous in max) / Dual Dell Professional P2311H 23” Displays
ASUS P6X58D-E / Corsair Dominator 12GB 1600 DDR3 / Antec tp750 blue / Antec 300 Illusion
Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
3ds max design 2012 x64 SP2 (since the 1st DOS version!), Mudbox 2012 x64 SP3, Softimage 2012 x64 SP1, Maya 2012 x64 HF2, Adobe CS5.5 x64, CorelDRAW x5 SP3, Painter 12, etc etc
Wacom Intuos4 v6.2.0w5 / 3DConnexion Space Navigator (drv6.15.2)/ Logitech Performance MX mouse (5.33.14)

If you just use it as a render slave it may work…

3ds Max 9 thru 2013
Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit OS SP1
Dual Intel® Xeon® 6 core X5650 @ 2.67GHz CPU 36GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro 4000
450GB HDD (x3) and 2TB HDD

3ds Max 2012 Certified Professional Models to Motion

It will work if it installs on the system.  Using DBR, the computer will not launch Max, it will only use the mental ray satellite node that runs as a service in the background and this is completely independent of the graphics card.

Stephen

According to the System Requirements, it needs a minimum of 256MB of V-RAM, 1GB recommended.
It’s possible it may still work though. But don’t expect it to do any good with nitrous or iray. Best to revert to DX9 for display and steer clear of GPU rendering.

It will definitely work. Four of my render servers have only 32MB of dedicated onboard graphics memory. You couldn’t really run Max on something like that (though it will open up, which I tried once just for kicks in Trial mode).

Doug
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New England independent 3D animator specializing in technical, mechanical and medical animation.
System: Dual Intel Xeons E5645 2.4GHz (24 cores), 24GB RAM, Quadro 4000, Win 7 Professional SP1 64-bit
3DS Max user since r2

Since the render to slaves should be set to “Do not render to Virual Render Window”, I see no reason why it will not work....

dbowker3d 19 January 2012 02:22 AM

It will definitely work. Four of my render servers have only 32MB of dedicated onboard graphics memory. You couldn’t really run Max on something like that (though it will open up, which I tried once just for kicks in Trial mode).

be sure to start Max 2012 using the D3D startup option. This way Nitrous will not get initialized and plain old D3D is a lot less demanding on the GPU memory

The startup command would look like that line

3dsmax.exe -vx

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Thank you friends.... u sugesstions really helped me alot to understand this puzzle.

i wanted my laptop as satellite machine for DBR.

I seem to have totally overlooked this bit.
If it is only for DBR, don’t worry about the V-RAM, it is irrelevant. It’s not used in rendering and the satellite service doesn’t even load the the Max UI, so that’s not a problem either.
Just make sure the laptop also has a 64 bit OS and 64 bit Max installed.