Yeah, Cinema 4D is awesome :) You can check out my gallery here on Renderosity for some small examples of what you can do with Cinema 4D. And I'm a rank newbie! As for the P4 you can forget about ANY kind of multiprocessing for a long time and not at all in it's current incarnation! With the P4 you're stuck with using one processor. As for the Athlon, boards are already in the making and have been showcased at various recent conventions. So there is a better chance of getting an Athlon dualprocessor rig than a P4 one. As for game compatability, show me a game I can't get to run on an Athlon. I have yet to see one. I just don't think that the P4 is mature yet and I have far more faith in the Athlon line. And this is coming from someone that used to be a complete Intel freak.