I had no choice (it's a laptop), so I went with RAM... from 384 to the 512MB max that Dell will let me use in this critter. (though I gotta admit that although 384 does okay, I'm just greedy.) I also have a Inspiron 8100 vidcard with more video RAM in that coming as well. Also, I find that I get faster renders in Poser 5 or Bryce if I go into Win2k's Task Manager, Processes tab, and jack up the process priority of Poser 5 to "Above Normal" (anything higher will likely lock up your machine. Just right-click on the process and set its priority, then let that nasty ol' render rip.) /P