I just inquired whether support will be added for 3ds Max 2010 to Nvidia’s Maxtreme driver for their Quadro cards. The Nvidia support person, Mike, responded:

“This will be included in the next release 190 driver, currently planned for late October 2009.”

Great!

Performance Driver (Maxtreme) for 3ds Max 2010 is out! Included in the Version 191.66

Got this info from my local 3D Appz and GPU Dealer.

FYI another thread on this - Link

Max 4.2 through 2012 (SP2+SAP).
XP-64 (SP2)
NVidia 9800GTX-512 (Driver 266.58).
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX9.0c.

UPDATE:

This is the reply I have gor from Nvida. There is now a Maxtreme driver for Max 2010 (download link below).

Please note I have not tried this yet so cannot say if it works or not, just passing on the info…

1) To avoid download issues, if you are running any 3rd party download utilities, please disable them as they are known for occasionally causing errors with the downloads.

2) Please download and save the graphic card driver on the desktop by visiting the page at the following link.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/maxtreme_12.00.07.html

3) Uninstall the existing driver by uninstalling the NVIDIA Display Drivers from the Add / Remove programs and restart the computer.

4) Please follow these steps to restart the computer in safe mode.

a. Restart the computer.
b. While the computer is restarting simultaneously, keep tapping the function key F8 on the keyboard.
c. Now, you will need to select Safe mode with Networking.

NOTE: Steps to enter into safe mode may differ for different manufacturers, kindly check with your computer manufacturer to enter accordingly.

5) On Boot up, you will get the Windows Installation Wizard “Found New Hardware” please cancel it or close it. Install the driver by double clicking on the saved driver icon on the desktop and follow the instructions. After installing, restart the computer.

I tried installing this driver for use with MAX Design 2010 and nVidia tells me I do not have MAX installed.

Paul
http://www.monsefdesign.com
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Dual Quad Core Intel Xeon Processors X5365 - 3.00GHz
16 GB DDR2 ECC SDRAM 667MHz
768MB PCIe x16 nVidia Quadro FX 4600
Windows XP 64-bit

Revit Architecture 2010
3ds MAX Design 2010

Yes, I get the same - sorry guys this advice came straight from Nvidia! I have left a follow up comment and details of the error, hopfully they get it right this time!

oldskoolflash 19 November 2009 01:47 PM

I have left a follow up comment and details of the error, hopfully they get it right this time!

Great - I couldn’t find anywhere to report the problem.
I just put the Maxtreme 2009 driver on a colleagues machine and it has at last enabled ‘zoom about mouse point’ in the Perspective VP. I’m hoping this driver might do the same for 2010.... I hate not having that working.

update is now available
http://www.nvidia.com/object/maxtreme_12.00.07.html

3Ds Max 2012+Sp2 +SAP, Vray 2.2, Photoshop CS5.1
OS - Windows 7 Pro x64 Sp1
sys1: i7 2600k (OC to 4.2GHz), 16GB 1600mhz DDR3 Ram, MSI GTX 580 (3GB) (295.51), OCZ vertex 2 120GB SSD, Wacom Intuos 3
sys2: i7 2600k (OC to 4.2GHz), 16GB 1600mhz DDR3 Ram, MSI GTX 560 (1GB) (295.51), wacom bamboo

Worth noting for Max Design users.
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