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Does 3ds max viewport use double precision?

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 7:18 pm
by coilbook
I am thinking about getting titan x pascal as the main 3ds max viewport card. Currently i m using first get Titan that has high double precision. I heard new titans do not have this anymore. Will titan x pascal make my viewport faster or slower? Thank you

Re: Does 3ds max viewport use double precision?

Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 8:22 pm
by oguzbir
coilbook wrote:I am thinking about getting titan x pascal as the main 3ds max viewport card. Currently i m using first get Titan that has high double precision. I heard new titans do not have this anymore. Will titan x pascal make my viewport faster or slower? Thank you
you can turn off the double precision of the first gen titan.

Re: Does 3ds max viewport use double precision?

Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 6:44 pm
by coilbook
oguzbir wrote:
coilbook wrote:I am thinking about getting titan x pascal as the main 3ds max viewport card. Currently i m using first get Titan that has high double precision. I heard new titans do not have this anymore. Will titan x pascal make my viewport faster or slower? Thank you
you can turn off the double precision of the first gen titan.

Thank you. I had no effect.

We did tests in 3ds max 2014

Old legacy Titan with 40 million polygons (spheres) around 8 FPS

New titan X pascal around 18-19 FPS twice more

Re: Does 3ds max viewport use double precision?

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 2:21 pm
by Moonhowl
max doesn't support double precision, that's a fact, it doesn't even have it implemented

you don't need it anyway, unless you're moving say a plan from OS to your local grid coords, but you'll need to do the move in a double precision 3d package (such as Rhino) or in a cad program itself before importing

Re: Does 3ds max viewport use double precision?

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 2:34 pm
by coilbook
Moonhowl wrote:max doesn't support double precision, that's a fact, it doesn't even have it implemented

you don't need it anyway, unless you're moving say a plan from OS to your local grid coords, but you'll need to do the move in a double precision 3d package (such as Rhino) or in a cad program itself before importing
Thank you!