Quote -  Thanks for your reply but it is another issue and I found another post by Little_dargon where it's solved.

Finally understood what Little_dargon was talking about. Yes, I'm aware of that I'm not that smart. 
Set the texture filtering to none. Doh...

I'm glad to hear that my little misadventure in troubleshooting was of some help to you.

Quote -  wow! It renders much better in Poser 8!  

It renders faster, at any rate.  Which is always a good thing.