I may have mentioned it before, but the solution I have found to handling those awful Poser imports was switching to Daz Studio and export .obj and let it convert textures for Bryce...works like a peach in Vue. No out of memory issues and you can handle the mats on a per object basis or per group or whatever you desire upon export from DS. I seriously couldnt recomend DS 2 enough. It has improved my workflow and my quality of art a great deal.

"Many are willing to suffer for their art. Few are willing to learn to draw."