as a result of other 3d progs that i have that either stand alone or compliment poser i'm gonna go with 2 1.7 p4's --- 2 60 gig hard drives --- a 64 meg oxygen vid card --- raid controllers --- and at least a gig of ram --- etc and make this a seperate workstation to connect to the one i got ... if anyone knows of additional hardware that will enhance the out put let me know ... again i appriciate the excellent info i get from here

Silver thanks!!!! right now i got a dual cpu system that i built a couple years ago (so now its a dinosaur) lol but i'm gonna go with another dual system ... thanks for the info im gonna check out that site in the am ... i gotta do it soon cause i'm gonnna lose my mind if i dont... right now while rendering stuff i might as well go out n have a birthday lol ....if i could get to 5 min/frame with some of the stuff i've put together i'd be doin cartwheels thanks to all for the info help n leads

looks like we're both in the same boat .... i'm in the process of doing the same hardware investigations lol ... i've done some tech assistance questions and basically get the same answers lol ... wish i had access to the budget the must have had to do "final fantasy" ... maybe now that their done with the equipment they'll let us have it... if ya find any good links to a reasonable hardware config n set up please post ... i'll do the same GOOD LUCK