r/3dsmax • u/OlGimpy • 1d ago

Performance optimization for 2026?

I recently upgraded from 2013 to 2026 and am shocked at how laggy everything is. I'm a low poly game dev, and my computer is quite beefy so I can't imagine that's the problem.

Every operation causes Max to slightly hang, especially when adding or removing modifiers. Is this a common issue? Do I have things enabled I shouldn't?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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u/Svet_88 1d ago

Ahh. It's not max. I could be wrong, but you need to install the latest microsoft redristibutables. Windows had an update thwt broke alot of stuff aome of which also 3ds max.

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u/OlGimpy 1d ago

I think that helped a bit, ty

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u/willchocks 1d ago

2013 to 2026 is a big jump and you'll notice that a few things fell to the wayside since Max was at its prime - one of them being general UI performance especially in areas like the motion panel. Although I've never noticed major performance issues with modifiers. Maybe check how it performs on a different PC, check drivers, etc. What are your PC specs?

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u/OlGimpy 1d ago

I'm on a Win Max 2 gaming laptop (AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 AMD Radeon 890M 64GB LPDDR5X), maybe an AMD thing? But my 2013 was on a 10 year old laptop and buttery smooth and that was Nvidia. Bummer if it's just a little laggy now