I bought Standard when it came out. I render in it most of the time. Funny, I can get realistic renders. I did play for a few months with it, to do that. I guess "a quick play with Shade," say's it all. Don't waist your time learning a different material setup. Sorry, but that's like opening P6 and loading a few things and saying that it sucks because I don't know how to use the nodes right.