Quote - You don't need "enable hardware shading" on for that. That setting is for advanced OpenGL features.
Looks to me like you have the document or the figure set to flat shaded. Document Display Style by default at the lower left of the interface.

That doesn't explain why it renders like that.

"Enable hardware sharing" is an option under the "Preview" tab.

Yeah you're right. Sorry about that, I missed the part about it rendering like that too.

Beats me. I'd guess maybe not enough VRam, but who knows- if it works ok on the same machine as Poser 7 it should be OK in Poser pro