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So now that you're happy with the preview speed, working in Poser and rendering in Lux via Reality, have you thought about what might be out there to feed your hunger for shrubbery/forestry etc?

I'm not aware of anything comparable to Vue, and haven't bothered looking.  As I mentioned earlier, I'm sticking with prefabbed Poser content for woodsy outdoor scenes, like the Enchanted Forest at DAZ 3D.

But, thanks to your persistant advice, and heddeld's mention of a term I'm unfamiliar with called "cycles" - I decided to check out Blender for other possible uses completely unrelated to this thread.

So.  Cycles is Blender's open-source answer to a $500 copy of Octane.  Interesting.  A 6GB video card would definitely be useful for that.  There's a setting in Reality to enable GPU rendering for Lux, but Paolo recommends against using it for now.

Given the rising popularity of GPU-based rendering, I've decided to future-proof my PC and buy the card.  If at some point Reality/Lux begin offering GPU rendering as well, I want to be ready for it.  Meanwhile, I'm going to start learning how to use Blender, too.  I want to expand my skills beyond creating art with Poser, and Blender looks like a promsing challenge.

My new video card will be here Saturday.