Archive of NVIDIA® 3ds Max Performance Drivers for Autodesk® 3ds Max®, 3ds Max Design and 3D Studio VIZ
The NVIDIA 3ds Max Performance Driver provides optimal Direct3D performance for Autodesk 3ds Max® 2009, 2010, and 2011 software with NVIDIA Quadro® and Quadro FX professional graphics solutions. Developed in close collaboration with Autodesk, the 3ds Max Performance Driver is a complimentary software driver for 3ds Max capable of delivering dramatic performance improvements (of up to 4X on some tests) over native Direct3D support in some situations.
Versions available for:
| Application(s) | Operating System | MAXtreme version | Documentation | API | Release Date | File Size |
| 3ds Max 2011(and 2010, 2009) | XP/Vista/Win7 32-bit | 13.00.04 | D3D | 21-06-2011 | 3.07 MB | |
| XP/Vista/Win7 64-bit | 13.00.04 | D3D | 21-06-2011 | 5.64 MB | ||
| 3ds Max 2011(and 2010, 2009) | XP/Vista/Win7 32-bit | 13.00.01 | D3D | 2010-09-21 | 2.39 MB | |
| XP/Vista/Win7 64-bit | 13.00.01 | D3D | 2010-09-21 | 4.62 MB | ||
| 3ds Max 2010 | XP/Vista/Win7 32-bit | 12.00.07 | D3D | 2009-11-16 | 1.66 MB | |
| XP/Vista/Win7 64-bit | 12.00.07 | D3D | 2009-11-16 | 1.66 MB | ||
| 3ds Max 2009 | XP/Vista 32-bit | 11.00.08 | D3D | 2009-02-13 | 1.66 MB | |
| XP/Vista 64-bit | 11.00.08 | D3D | 2009-02-13 | 1.66 MB |