OK so maybe my graphics card (which is heavy-duty) and the Hyper Threading Technology are detracting from my Poser 6 experience......... But...... I was using p5 sr4 on this same PC and I never had any issues where it crashed. I don't know what the most intense scene I ever set up was, but I remember a render with 4 Mil Dragons, the Greek Bath, a throng (at least 10) of v3s and m3's with LOTS of textures and morphs, all in different outfits, 4 pteradons (dedicated digital)and a 2 (WAY OVERLY THICKLY MESHED) .3ds files I made myself with very hi res textures, as well as an 800x600 background picture and several Vue exported landscapes as well as a forest of trees (which were reduced to a single model before import) and I had no problems posing. I did have some "warping" issues when I rendered, but those were easily fixed by turning the smoothing off. I just want to echo my sentiment that I think the pre-order which included Shade 7 was a very good deal, because I really do think that a service release or 2 will have me rendering happily again. But had I not got the pre-order deal, I would be fuming.