The absalute truth about this comparison is it appears to be an attempt to look through the egg shell to see what kind of chickens there will be, to see if they should be purchased. The program has not even hit the shelves yet, and comparisons are being made. Even by me, I admit that, I'm going into the beta saying "How does this compare to Poser?" The thing is, it's not a fair comparison. It reminds me of the commercials on TV where they compare Dialup to the latest Cable connections. "It will be so much faster, it will be this, it will be that." Well yeah, it's a different kind of technology. So which is better? The point is mute. Which does what you want it to do. Right now, at the beta stage, DS is simply a rendering tool. You can't compare it to Posers animation capabilities, because it doesn't have them. You can't compare it to Posers Dynamic material capabilities, because it doesn't have them. All you can do is compare the apples with the apples. So does DS pose and render a figure better or on par with Poser. I'd say that they are about the same. I don't really notice any performance differences. Mind you I haven't hooked it up to my Digital stop watch to calculate render times down to the billionth of a second. I don't really think I need to bother, Does it really make a difference in the grand sceme of things if one renders a complete image .0382 second fater than the other? The question is which is better, the answer is: at this point they are both viable solutions to the rendering of 3D characters. Which is better, New York Strip, or Sirloin? yah know what I mean? ;D