3ds max particle system uses CPU or GPU?

[Suraj Kushwaha]

I am in grt trouble i have.. GTX970 nd Intel core i3 3220... I am a student and now studying 3ds max particle system also working on Plugin such as fume fx.. rayfire... Guys.. i wanna knw.. that what was the best rig for fume fx and thinking particle.. is there a need to change my graphics card. or CPU? ... Bcz i am totaally shattered with the work flow.. cuz after every single frame it take lots of time in Fume fx as well as on thinking particle.. how to accelerate my work flow.. Does simulation is based on CPU or GPU ??

 

[RobCrezz]

I did a bit of googling, and it seems fume FX uses CPU, not GPU.

Enable CUDA accelleration where possible to use your GTX 970, but you may want to grab a i7 3770/Xeon 1230/1231 v2 to put in your motherboard to get better performance in the CPU based operations.

 

[Suraj Kushwaha]

Plzz.. Tell me how to enable GPU accelration.. as i have 3ds max 2015 .. while rendering my gpu usage is nea about 2-3% ... i think i have wasted my money on gtx 970..

 

[RobCrezz]

Plzz.. Tell me how to enable GPU accelration.. as i have 3ds max 2015 .. while rendering my gpu usage is nea about 2-3% ... i think i have wasted my money on gtx 970..

Guide here:
http://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/3ds-max/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2015/ENU/3DSMax/files/GUID-FCDFDDD0-6C45-4A5E-921D-E3803601145A-htm.html