I see your point Peggy but with pre-release I was quite happily doing scenes with many millions of polygons in with no resource issues at all, in one which I posted at C3D and was used by them, had Kaols Sea Traveller in it which is another huge ship plus Queen Annes House plus the Wharf by MDM and a water plane and a spectral atmosphere!
Can't remember the actual polygon count and I'm in work right now so can't check but will when I get home but it was multiple millions without issues.
Now the same scene with final release plus update can't hack it, you tell me why, because I've changed nothing on my pc in that time?
It would be easier if it were a change I'd made because at least I could undo it, I can't undo this!

Injustice will be avenged.
Cofiwch Dryweryn.