C4D or 3DS Max In Vista?

8BaLL · 21 Jan 2008 at 02:06

Hi anyone got any experience in 3D Studio Max or Cinema 4D in Windows Vista i want to take Learning Designing in a new direction i have been told best to try both people have different opinions on which one to use but i want to know how compatible with vista they are Thanks

lsg1r · 21 Jan 2008 at 17:24

max 2008 works in vista 64, dx10 is a bit dicey although it may be down to a dodgy firegl graphics card I just rma'd.

philhoole · 21 Jan 2008 at 18:02

I've been using C4D since v5.x and currently use 10.5 on Vista64. I previously used it on Xp64.

Can't say I have any issues with C4D/Vista - It all just seems to work. There were 1 or 2 OpenGL issues with video drivers in the early days of Vista but these have been fixed a while ago.

I don't know much about Max but you can download a demo of C4D from maxon.net.

lsg1r · 21 Jan 2008 at 18:10

philhoole said:
I don't know much about Max but you can download a demo of C4D from maxon.net.

You can get a demo of max (minus any maps etc) from autodesk and iirc they do a student edition at reduced price.

8BaLL · 22 Jan 2008 at 15:27

Thanks for the info Think i will have to try both would like from what i see to try 3DSM as it gives more options to play with