I use Hex 1, and I really like it .  It's great for making models quickly.  It's designed more for the graphic arts community, and doesn't have some of the advanced tools found in 3DS Max, Maya, and Cinema 4D (I did my first real modeling in C4D), of course it doesn't have the advanced price either.

It was very easy for me to learn, and is great for making Poser content.  I couldn't afford the upgrades for C4D, so I now use Hex, Carrara, and Poser.  All three applications play very well together.  Hex is also very solid, I've never locked it up or had it crash (though it does occasionally get a little slugish).  I use it (Hex 1) a lot on a laptop with 1Gb of RAM and Nvidia 460Go with 32Mb, and it works very well with the full V3 mesh.  Unfortunately, Hex2 needs more video RAM (128 as I recall), so it won't run on my laptop.

I'd highly recommend Hex, even if you use a high end app, there are many things that will be easier to do in Hex.  If your system meets the minimum requirements for Hex2, it has some great new features! For the PC price of $1.99, you can't go wrong.

DR

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