Rawnrr wrote

Quote - I also dont like how ds4 eats up all my systems resources when rendering. I literally have to set up a render and then go away from the coumputer for hours, becaue I cannot do anything. This is a big issue for me. ds used to render so fast compared to poser, but somewhere along the way, it turned into a hog and that is killing me now.

Having spent a lot of time studying what information I can find on 3Delight (but by no means am I an expert), I am thinking the problem lies more with the ever increasing size of texture maps and maybe with light sets. It sounds like you are playing more with different light sets than you may have years ago. They demand more system resources, especially if they need raytracing. I look forward to the day when DNA will let DAZ use v10 of 3Delight which is supposed to have an up to 300% speed increase for raytracing.

Using the others' suggestions for CPU usage and tweaking your light settings and texture sizes will help.

Kevin