I would personally like to have a hi rez mesh as i can always rework the textures to a higher resoulution. I dont really care for the tag line 'lower poly and or textures' to ease up on the system. I dont mind having a slower refresh rate when working on a scene, or a longer render time, because in the long run, its worth the quality. My last scene 'Point of entry' took forever for me to do as im only running a p3 866 with 512 ram, even though i did post-work that diminished any high quality textures or polys that you can notice.
Just my thoughts.
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