There are quite a few at Daz that have the black screen problem. Graphic board ain't the problem, specially with new up to date PC using XPpro. It's a Carrara thing.

I'm glad I have Vue6.5I and Modo 301, they work just fine on this new CP. I am amazed at how well modo came out of the box, I still have not hit a bug and the service and tec blows Daz and pretty much everyone else out of the water. That's saying something because I still think Daz has one of the best customer service, just the tec blows the big one. 

But we all know that programers always think thier way is what the user wants and is deaf to what the user really needs.