SLI and 3ds Max 2009?

Question

Is there any way i can enable sli in 3d studio max 2009 as when i run the 'diagnose video hardware' script it only shows one of my cards. I have sli enabled in windows.

Answer 1

no, sli isn't going to help you in max unless you have 4 monitors. sorry, i wish it did. best solution for max right now is the 99 dollar ati card coming out specifically for 3d modeling.

however, for almost all modeling jobs out there right now, anything over a 7300gt by itself is really fine. when you consider that you can just have jobs open in adaptive degradation (o) or wireframe view, or that you can hide complicated objects for later use, and that you can optimize before rendering, things are pretty much usually fine.

also, it goes without saying to make sure that graphics mode is on hardware, then dx8 or 9