Little to no load on your system. The only thing it does not touch are teeth, gums, tongue, innermouth and nails. That could quickly be remedied with a matroom library click. V3 and M3 I've tested and both work. I cannot answer for the rest of the available figures out there. You cannot spend a better $12 on your v3, though. And the render quality on skin and lights will increase dramatically. Topped with a 4-6 second setuptime. face_off usses three lights. I've used as many as 26, so far. No ill effect.