No doubt in my mind Cinema 4D XL .now anyone that knows me will know I'm a fan of this app but I just got the latest version on thursday V6 and this thing rocks for modelling it blows max and LW out the water and i don't say that lightly either as I reviewed both and stated how good they are....I created a pair of creature feet in about 20 minutes using hypernurbs and that was the first time I've tryed them (I normally model with splines)...but its stil pricey compared too nendo or amorphium so if its to much get Nendo, amorphium is kind of cool but to kidish...not sure what problem your having with the video card I'm using a banshee voodo .........Steve