how can we optimize windows to make maya work faster?

[MasonDoran]

do not load specific modules (you can change this in preferances)

ie: paint fx and dynamic


only have the plugins you need running


turn "echo all commands" to off in your script editor.


if it runs slow...then you shouldnt be using maya on that particular computer. It is a highend software ment for high end graphics after all.

[3mad]

i need optimize windows not maya for work
well I want to feel that I working maya in unix or linex ... no bugs...no else...

[seth0x2b]

3mad: The man gave you some pointers on making Maya work faster.Now, if those pointers are not really windows related, but more of a Maya setup thing, I don't see why that would be a problem!?

Since you want to feel you're working on Linux, why not use Linux?
I seriously doubt you'll get the same performance on a windows machine than on a Linux one(with the same hardware specifications of course ;) )

One major speedup to Maya on Windows: Have very few or none other applications running while you use it(especialy at render time).

Cheers

[cpan]

and also don't forget to set maya to run in windows2000 mode (if you're using winxp) and disable visual themes... though these don't improve the performance significantly, but they do fix certain bugs (with playblast and the 'maya getting white while rendering' bug).

to acces those options, right click on the maya icon > properties > Compatibility > switch the mode to "Windows 2000" and thick the "Disable visual theme" checkbox.


hope these help :)

[yinako]

Is anyone using the system cache switch inside of memory management? perhaps faster for rendering as it is default to act like servers

[mech7]

I have seen windows version stripped down to it's underpants which only took about 48 mb.. it was used primarily for faster gaming. If you have enough time you can try that :)

I suppose for most basic feature Nlite could be used.. but I don't think it will have much support for unloading dll's and such.

http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html

[noxy]

and also don't forget to set maya to run in windows2000 mode (if you're using winxp) and disable visual themes... though these don't improve the performance significantly, but they do fix certain bugs (with playblast and the 'maya getting white while rendering' bug).

to acces those options, right click on the maya icon > properties > Compatibility > switch the mode to "Windows 2000" and thick the "Disable visual theme" checkbox.


hope these help :)

Thank you SO MUCH. That has been driving me crazy for ages. I never thought the fix would be so simple. :buttrock:

[DaveMation]

Does the running in Windows2000 mode really make a difference?

Dave

[seth0x2b]

Does the running in Windows2000 mode really make a difference?

Yes it does.I use render region alot.Using normal mode(on WinXP),when I render, the only way to see the rendering progress is to look at the output window, because maya turns white and freezes(untill render is done).This might be a bug or something.
When I enable Win2000 compatibility, maya still freezes(sometimes) but I can see the render view window update realtime.
This is the only thing I found useful in running with win2000 compatibility.
I'm sure there are other...

Cheers

[blacknoise]

Does the running in Windows2000 mode really make a difference?

Dave



yes it does. i was quite surprised with the difference. just check it out... it doesnt hurt and it's worth it.

[mar-one]

I have noticed no difference, I can see my render region just fine when I render with XP at its normal mode. maybe u should upgrade your computer. Or try running less processes in the background.

[seth0x2b]

2 out of 3 friends of mine that use Maya on a daily basis(on WinXP) have the same problem.
Since using this "trick" got the problem solved, I really don't think it's my hardware :D
It could be a WinXP bug, not a Maya bug ...

Cheers

[mar-one]

I am not knocking you just that I have never seen this problem before. The only time maya slows down on me is when I have AE and Photoshop open with it. I know XP and Maya with playblast have issues.

Can I ask what hardware u are useing with maya?

[seth0x2b]

My station is kinda "old", but both friends had their computers bought last year, and both have NVIDIA cards, 1G RAM,one has a PENTIUM and the other AMD.

My hardware: AMD AthlonXP 2000+, 640M RAM, ATI Radeon 9200SE (128VRAM)
It sux. I know, but I'm still saying that it was not a hardware problem, because that trick got the problem solved for all three of us.That is really not a coincidence :D

Cheers

[3mad]

It could be a WinXP bug, not a Maya bug ...


yes that I mean .. all of us know how many bug in winxp... so let's go to this point of view our target is "reduse system to make maya fly".

I didn't talk about hardware configration. or which better machine to have.

I TALK ABOUT SYSTEM WORKING IN BACKGROUND WITH MAYA


Thanks

[seth0x2b]

Well it's really not much you can "do" to Windows to get Maya running faster.As I said before: less or none other applications while working/rendering.
But this depends on what applications you have installed on you system.Windows itself(the Explorer shell) does not use alot of resources.All the RAM is sucked by other applications(Internet explorers, Messengers etc...).
Antivirus applications are a performance factor, but they are indispensable, so use one that needs as few system resources as possible.Also
You should not cast aside the hardware part, because that has the biggest influence over how Maya works.
Better system always means better performance.I am learning that the hard way theese days ( see my hardware config :D )

Cheers

P.S.And there's always Linux :)

[victor]

But you aren't going to get what you are asking for.

When your system is "idle" what does the task manager say your CPU usage is?

Is it 0% or close to it? If so, you won't be able to get any more juice for Maya to run on.
When you are using Maya, are you running out of memory? If not, then you don't need to free any up.

What exactly is slow for you? Viewport redraw? If so, lower your screen resolution, and Maya will have less pixels to draw. Or just get a faster video card. Rendering? Get a faster processor. That's pretty much what it comes down to.

None of the optional Windows components really take up any significant amount of resources that could be used for Maya. The only possible exceptions are the disk indexing service and disk defragmenter, both of which will normally only run when your computer is idle and have more effect on disk use than anythign else. Indexing, you can disable per drive or stop the service, and the defragmenter, you can disable with TweakUI (there is an option about optimizing your disk when idle). Anything more than that is pointless.

[MasonDoran]

The windowsXP compatiblility trick also fixes Playblast bugs if you were experiencing any.

[mech7]

@ Victor there are many many many useless services running by windows which take up memory

[seth0x2b]

I'll have to disagree.
On my system, the only noticeable "high" usage windows processes are lsass and svchost - 4 processes (you can't live without them because they control the network, and Explorer.exe. But all these sum up to about 10 - 15 megs of RAM.
I have other software running that take up RAM(needless to say that I stop the ALL when I start to render).Ypager(yahoo messenger), zone alarm, kaspersky AV, firefox etc..these use up to 100-200 megs of ram(when doing AV scan for example).

Cheers

[mar-one]

seth0x2b with your computer setup I use to have it running maya4.0 and it use to crash and do all kinds of wierd things in the view window even with that ATI card u have Maya will runn a lot smoother with and upgrade, if you can aford it.

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