on the subject of render speed. I used to wait 12, 13 hours for a 5 second render, then I paid $700 for a new box, motherboard and 1.1 Gig processor, I also got additional Ram ( I now have 640 MB). My renders are lightning fast. I can't wait to get home and install the upgrade. I think a few hundrd dollars on a new processor and memory (memory is dirt cheap now) is the way to go, any coments?