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Attached Link: Fantasy Chronicles Chapter I

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"Reasons to install Vista: drivers."
 - How so?I have a latest generation computer and I am running Windows 2000 on it without problems.I hope you are not relying on Windows to recognize your computer components...because that is a big mistake, even if it does.
You should have your own CD's with drivers for each component (when you purchase them new, they come with at least one).If you have that, you can run any OS on your system.I can even run Windows 98 on mine...:)

And yes, get rid of Vista.At least don't keep it on a 1.8 GHz dual core...

Totally agree with David.J.Harmon.From the screenshots your system alone is looking like a resource drainer.
1.First of all, I don't see why having those "tiny" programs run all the time.They are supposed to be used only when you have problems or you want to test something...
2.You may not think so, but those fancy themes eat more than you may think.Actually more than 25% so it's actually a choice between "coolness" and performance.
I run Windows 2000 on a 3.6 GHz dual core with 4 GB of RAM and 3 SATA II hard drives.For the things we do (and that includes you too) the size and speed of the videocard it really doesn't matters.Anything above 64 MB is just enough.
Everything I run on my system is almost instant, and so far I didn't met any scene in Poser that I wasn't unable to render.Also, never got an error, except when a component (texture, geometry) wasn't present.
What's the secret?Simple, rapid processor, rapid and big sized RAM (I have Mushkin HP2 6400) and also rapid HDD's.Mine's aren't big sized but very fast and with large buffers.Apart from that, I have set 8 GB of swap on the primary HDD and anothe 8 GB on another HDD, wich makes up for 16 GB of swap.Windows automatically sets your swap on the primary HDD (the one with the OS on it) at RAM amount+50%, wich for my 4 GB would have been 6 GB total.But that ammount is just minimal and you should set it to at least the double size.Also, setting the swap on main drive is not a good idees, since is draggin down performance.Actually, setting anything you use on the main drive is not a good ideea.For instance, my Poser libraries (because I also have many of those for the same reason of performance) are located on a different drive than the one I am running Poser from.Also, the "swap" space for Photoshop is on a different drive from the one Photoshop itself is loading.The files I work with in Poser and Photoshop are located on the third drive, and so on...

And btw, I don't see why you installed Vista.You need performance, right?Not eye candy.
Vista is the slowest and most resource demanding system up to date.It requires a minimum of 4 GB of RAM to work properly and you should not run it without at least 32 GB of RAM if you are to make renders.
Why don't you install Windows 2000 for a change, and try again to see if you can render that scene of yourse.If you can, then you got my point...

Now, I don't know what you mean David.J.Harmon but if you reffer to the RAM the XP can recognize, you can have up to 3.7 GB.That is the ammount recognized both on Windows 2000, Windows 2003 and XP SP2.I just installed the RAM and started the Windows.Nothing else...
I also have a 512 MB integrated video card wich also eats up RAM.
Other than that I don't know what to say.To me, a complex scene with one level of raytracing and ambient occlusion for all elements plus 5 lights with shadows is rendering at 1000x1000 in around 4 minutes.

Best regards!

Thank you all for the info!Very helpfull.
Also, didn't knew about the xerr.Added it to my wishlist without reading the contents...

Thank you again!

The latest posts are interesting.I will make an account on each site.The phenothypes I was talking about are on one of them...:)

@Gareee - not what it interests me, not reallistic enough (see bellow why)
@coldrake - insteresting but again, I don't need animal monsters, only the xerr is what I like, but I already have that one in my list here on Renderosity (for 5 dollars and not 12.50)

I have remembered the name of the series (altough I don't remember it's aouthor, altough he might be sixus) - phenotypes.There were 4 cool monsters in that series of phenotypes (one I remember was named alpha), but I lost track of them.I knew they were on DAZ, but not anymore.

Monsters like those and/or the xerr I am looking for, with lots of details and really nice and detailed texture maps (that's why I consider the fantasy creature bundle unrealistic).
Thank you for the info posted so far!

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