No, I'm not "too touchy". My history here proves that, as I stated above. Are you even reading all of the posts to make an educated comment? you wrote: "what I said was that the RAM and processor has more of an effect on how it runs than the graphics card and that is F-A-C-T." Then I wrote: "Of *course* Poser needs RAM and a good CPU. " and I added...(DUH). You added: "the specs for a Radeon 9800 far outstrip the Nvidia of the same type". Where do you get your information? From ATI fan reviews????? I can find 20 reviews that say Nvidia is better, (and of course 20 that says ATI is better) Here, have a gander at the recent line up above the left is ATI, the right is Nv... Not sure how it "far outstips" the other. They both are very good.

The bottom line is, It's merely preference for what you are doing...ATI dont like 3D....period (stereoscopic).
Didja know that you can "trick" an Nvidia card into thinking it's a high end Quattro, and it'll run as such? That's pretty cool for Open GL or true 3D stuff if ya ask me! :) ... It will also run stereo with the updated drivers on it's own, and has stereo preferences in it's UI that you can tweak...
"what I said was that the RAM and processor has more of an effect on how it runs than the graphics card and that is F-A-C-T."
Another comment I'll add to this is that the poster was asking about monitors and cards....not for a fact that we all know with the basic core of tech. skills and knowledge. Hell, you might as well explain to the poster that he needs to plug the monitor in or it wont work... Hee Hee.

How 'bout that lunch?
Raz~