Quote - > Quote - MikeMoss:  out of curiosity - what OS are you running, how much RAM do you have, and when is the last time you tested your RAM and HDD for errors?

Hi

I'm running Windows 7 HP on a Falcon Northwest Talon computer.

I7 2.93 Ghz processor.

8 Gigs of fast ram.

ATI 5870 Video Card.

Two 1 TB internal hard drives.

4 External hard drives total 2.5 TB.

2 Read Write DVDs

Soundblaster Audigy Sound Card.

My computer gets cleaned and tested constantly, I'm kind of a fanatic when it comes to computer care.

I hang out every day on the Windows 7 forum expounding on it, I beta tested Windows 7, and I test a lot of games.

The truth is that the only program I have (and I have over 90) that ever crashes is Poser.  I have everything that Adobe makes including Premiere, Indesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop and they all are stable and never freeze.

I can run Lord of the Rings Online at 250 fps.

I've never had a version of Poser that was totally stable on any computer I've ever had.

I think I started with Poser 3.  But I will admit that it doesn't freeze as often as it used to.  I haven't used 8 for long, so I'm not sure if it's better or worse then 6.

Mike 

Well, notepad.exe also never crashed on my system. ;)

You are probably aware of the fact that almost nothing is as complex as a 3d-application. Nothing pushes graphic cards, ram, processor more. Nothing is more sensitive to hardware setups. So yes, per nature you will experience more crashes and bugs with these type of applications. You really can't compare this to a little pixel-shifter like photoshop.

Not sure about Poser but 3dsmax for example has a codebase of more than 10m lines of code. The complexity of a operating system.

Btw, so far Poser2010 is rock solid for me. I really cant remember the last time it crashed or freezed. Same for 3dsmax. Its almost scary.

 

 

 

Meli

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