usamike opened this issue on Mar 14, 2008 ยท 8 posts
svdl posted Fri, 14 March 2008 at 11:55 AM
If OpenGL preview quality is good enough for your animations, the graphics card will make a difference. Poser 7 can make more use of OpenGL facilities than previous versions. Try out those options in the Render Options->Preview tab.
IF it is good enough for animation, OpenGL renders are orders of magnitude faster than Firefly/Poser 4 renders. And those renders WILL use the graphics card.
I don't recommend buying a professional graphics card like a Quadro or a FireGL. Some high end 3D applications (3DS Max, Maya) have special drivers for those cards that improve performance, but Poser doesn't have those. As of right now, an nVidia 8800GT is the best value for money in the higher end consumer graphics cards - it's significantly faster than anything ATI has to offer, and its OpenGL support is much better.
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