Setting up a new workstation i was wondering if i should switch to newer versions of Photoshop and 3ds max.

But as far as i could figure it out i could NOT use the Crytiff exporter with Photoshop CS4 and the Cryexporter with Max 2010 to export to Sandbox 2. Instead i had to use Photoshop CS3 and Max 2008.

Maybe i am wrong, but i always had the feeling that the exporter for 3dsmax was working better than the exporter for xsi.

With Sandbox 3 coming up i am wondering which tools/versions will be fully supported by the Plugins i need to export?

Well, I can only assume this, but I think that with all the updates the new engine has, it should be able to support the latest versions of the programs you stated.

I hope so anyways. I have Max 2010 and found out from others the exporter doesn't work.

who said anything about an sdk for crysis 2?

Sandbox 3 SDK hasnt even been announced yet for Crysis 2.

However, it is probable that there will be, so i would expect all the lastest programs to be compatible with the SB3.