Hello poser'ers :)

I am planning to go for a new PC and it comes to my mind that since I am using poser to do quite a lot of rendering, why not go for a system that can significantly reduce the render time!

Reading from some previous posts it seems that having a i7 core system can dramatically improve the render time as it can deliver as much as 4 (or is it 8?) threads at the same time. so i guess probably i7 will be the cpu i will get.

What i am interested in, is the the graphic cards configuration. I am wondering if i should be putting 2 graphic cards together, (e.g. 2x GTX 265 or such), or should i simply go for the high end single graphic card like GTX285 or HD5870? (nope don't suggest 2x gtx 295 or 2x HD5870 :p that's way out of budget lol)

Any input will be greatly appreciated! :)
Thanks a lot in advance!
Peace

The graphic card has absolutely no bearing on the speed of rendering. 

aww ok.. so probably i should spend more on the core7 and Ram instead of the state of art graphic cards ..

in addition, will harddisk speed matters much? e.g. will raid be better?

thanks for the input sam!

The only thing you can improve is the preview windows, nothing else, for rendering, only the cpu and tweaks on the scene

A 64 bit processor and operating system will improve total throughput because of better memory management. Any quad core processor will be better than a dual core or single cpu for a multithreaded application. The graphics card does nothing for Poser except for Opengl preview, but you want to consider if you play games.  A dual video card and dual monitors allows you to spread out the preview windows , parameter dials and libraries which can mean less moving of things while working.