I'm using C4D XL8, LightWave 7.5, and Photoshop 7 as well as Poser. Eventually going to get Maya 5. But, as I said, Poser will only use one cpu, but the other is free for surfing, working in Photoshop or PSP, or whatever. That is an advantage that I really miss since my dual PIII system became a web server. Not for long. Anyway, I figure that someone looking to get a video card with 256MB memory seems to have money to afford a good system. I didn't forget, just that, hey, it's expandable beyond that if needed at some point. Not everyone stays with Poser indefinitely. If he decides to go for C4D, LW, Maya, 3DSMax, SoftImage, Houdini, or whatever, in the future, well, extensibility is already there. BYS