Computer is slow after installing 3D Studio Max 5.1

[mikehartl]

Exactly as my message states, my computer is slow. All of a sudden, my computer takes longer to boot up and there are pauses when using the start menu/browsing through files, etc. I heard that it might be the pagefile. How do I set my copmuter to clear the pagefile everythime I reboot/shutdown my computer? Does anyone have any other ideas?

[beeboy]

Clearing the page file is more of a security thing involving editing the registry. I'm not familiar with 3d max. Does it start up with windows? If so, disable it from doing that in msconfig. Is your computer slow all the time or just when 3d max is on?

[mikehartl]

It's slow all the time. For instance, it takes Internet Explorer about 30 secs just to open.

[beeboy]

Did you check at the website to make sure your hardware was supported? It sounds as though the software makes major changes to the system according to this.
"Animators and 3D artists truly benefit from the dynamic collaboration between Discreet and Intel. Together, Discreet and Intel have engineered optimizations within Discreet's and Autodesk's creative 3D solutions 3ds max™ 5, gmax™, and Autodesk VIZ™ to fully leverage Intel® Pentium® 4 processor systems. Discreet/Autodesk 3D solutions have embedded Intel Pentium 4 processor optimization software to harness the ultimate power of the platform to help improve interactivity, rendering and overall application performance. Understanding the demands of digital content creation and processing, Discreet and Intel partner together to offer solutions that give our creative customers an increased boost in productivity - while getting a better value for their hardware investment." You may have to contact the company for support.

[mikehartl]

Well, I have:
Athlon XP 1800+
Windows XP Professional
512MB PC2700 RAM
Geforce 4 Ti 4200 (128MB)

My computer should definately be able to run it smooth, even though I don't have an intel processor.