This is where I get totally confused. 1.) "Getting a better graphics card--faster or with more memory--is only going to help you in applications that support accelerated real-time previewing. Many 3D applications support the fast cards via DirectX or OpenGL, or both. Poser does not have this option however." OK, so just what the heck is "accelerated real-time previewing? Is that the ability to see a fair representation of your render in the document window, even before it's rendered? This statement clearly states that some graphics cards suppor 3D applications. 2.) "In all 3D rendering/modeling software, the power of your graphics card has NO EFFECT on things like raytracing times." This statement might imply that graphics cards don't help 3D programs at all. Just what the heck is ray tracing? Is that what you see in the document screen before you render? Or is that the rendering process itself. Maybe you can help a really dumb person like myself, and answer this question. Will a "hot and powerful" graphics card help me with Poser and some other 3D graphics apps? Do you have a list of the ones that benefit and those who don't? Will a hot graphics card help update my document window? Will it help me render a "picture" faster?