I have found this a very imformative thread and has given me some information to think about but at the end of the day I am not looking for the render engine that can create the most stunning render possible.  I am looking for the render engine that will give me the best possible result using Poser figures and is within the reach of my purchasing power as someone who does 3D art as a hobby. 

While I am blown away by some of the examples here it is clear that I could not produce such renders no matter how much I spent because I do not have the skills and I use Poser figures for all my renders.  So something this thread really has taught me is to look behind the  "this is a XYZ render" to see if it is possible for me to get the same results from XYZ before I throw money at it.

 

 

I use Poser 13 on Windows 11 - For Scene set up I use a Geekcom A5 -  Ryzen 9 5900HX, with 64 gig ram and 3 TB  storage, mini PC with final rendering done on normal sized desktop using an AMD Ryzen Threadipper 1950X CPU, Corsair Hydro H100i CPU cooler, 3XS EVGA GTX 1080i SC with 11g Ram, 4 X 16gig Corsair DDR4 Ram and a Corsair RM 100 PSU .   The desktop is in a remote location with rendering done via Queue Manager which gives me a clearer desktop and quieter computer room.