Ok, so I’m having a weird problem with max. Several, actually. First problem: Whenever I move the mouse, my selected faces flicker. If I’ve selected one face, then selected another (without holding ctrl), then those two will flicker in and out alternately, as if the program can’t remember which one I had selected. The view will also alternate rapidly between two different zooms, ie right next to the face and 30 feet away. All of this happens whenever I move the mouse.

This problem began, as far as I can tell, when I installed a new video driver in order to fix my Asus optimus issues. The laptop’s video problem was fixed, but now Max is nigh unusable.

The driver: http://www.nvidia.com/object/not...t-258.96-whql-driver.html

I’m also having some other issues with Max, which have been around since I installed it. First of all, all of my faces have triangles on them all the time. I can’t seem to turn this off. Secondly, my selected polygons will lose their highlight if I move the view at all, forcing me to turn off Edged Faces so that the red outline is still present.

Sorry if I haven’t been clear enough; this problem is a little hard to explain. I’ll try to clarify if needed. Also, sorry if this is in the wrong section.

Is your hardware up to the job? System Requirements
What graphics h/ware does it have? How much RAM? What OS? What mouse (and drivers)?

The only one of your questions I can answer offhand is the Triangles.
Customise > Preferences > Viewports > Choose Driver.
Make sure you select DX9.
Customise > Preferences > Viewports > Configure Driver.
Turn off Display All Triangle Edges.
NB. Vista/Win7 permissions will prevent the configuration file for that setting from being updated for non-admin users. Ensure you are logged in as Administrator to make those changes.

Max 4.2 through 2012 (SP2+SAP).
XP-64 (SP2)
NVidia 9800GTX-512 (Driver 266.58).
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX9.0c.

I switched it to DX9, like you said, and everything seems to be fine now. None of the annoying glitches. The framerate has, however, dropped significantly, especially when I’m in the process of selecting polygons. It was running perfectly smooth before. I wonder if this has something to do with Optimus not recognizing programs running DX9?

Anyways, here’s my system specs. Sorry I forgot to list them in my first post.

OS: Win7
Memory: 4Ghz RAM
Processor: Intel i5 CPU (2.27Ghz Quad Core)
Model: Asus N61jv
DirectX 11

The OPtimus system is supposed to seamlessly and automatically switch between an integrated Intel graphics card and an Nvidia GeForce GT 325M whenever it thinks it needs to. I doubt that it’s performing properly, but that’s another issue.

My mouse is an old Microsoft USB Optical. Best damned mouse I’ve ever used, haha.

Hmmm… essentially you have dual graphics cards. Try disabling the onboard one in the bios (and presumably in Windows too). Max doesn’t seem to like multiple cards, and we know that SLI/Crossfire are not supported. Just a thought because that is clearly not a “standard” system configuration.

Max 4.2 through 2012 (SP2+SAP).
XP-64 (SP2)
NVidia 9800GTX-512 (Driver 266.58).
Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4GHz, 8Gb Ram, DX9.0c.

Disabling it through the device manager simply causes the display to shut off. When I restart, the resolution is 800 x 600 and won’t go any higher until I re-enable it, so I assume it’s still running off the integrated graphics for some reason. The laptop apparently cannot run off the Nvidia card unless it’s “provoked” to do so. A friend tried to fix it for me and I believe he tried to disable the onboard in the bios, but I’m not entirely sure what he did. I’m not very familiar with changing things in the bios, but I’ll try it.

In my bios, the primary graphics chip set can be enabled or disabled through a menu called “Integrated Peripherals.” Hope this helps.