Thanks mrsparky that's great to know.
Hopefully all good software allows you to do this

Thanks PJF
I'm thinking if any peripherals/software which do not work I'll just leave it on the XP computer
I currently own a full version of XP however it is OEM
I found a sealed full version of Ultimate on Ebay for £219 but I presume you can only use one of the bit versions in the box?

Once again thanks
In the last few weeks I've learn't so much regarding upgrading PC's from places like these forums
;-)

Hi again

After a lt of self reasoning I've decided to invest in a second system, so I'll need a new version of Windows anyway. It would seem silly to buy a second copy of XP therefore should I go for 64Bit Vista as I'll already have an XP setup?

New Hardware
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 S775, 2.40Ghz, 1066Mhz
ASUS P5B-E Socket 75 Core2 Dual DDR2 PCI-E SATA2 GLAN USB2.0 Motherboard
Asus Geforce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Graphics CardCorsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB)
Corsair 1GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x512MB)

Software
Poser7
Adode Production Suite CS3
Director MX (I think this isn't Vista compatible)

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I'm currently downloading 3DMark bench testing software,apparently it's the worldwide standard testing tool. So I'll do some before and after tests.
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905 was my score. (which is fairly rubbish)
It took ages to download and seemed to only test for games but at least I'll know what sort of progress my additions make ;-)

Thanks all
Interesting reading.
I've decided to stick with my old systm for now, this morning I ordered GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3, bringing my RAM to 3Gb. I was limited to chioce as I presume they don't make DDR400 anymore but it seemed the best value at £105

I'm currently downloading 3DMark bench testing software,apparently it's the worldwide standard testing tool. So I'll do some before and after tests.
http://www.futuremark.com/download/3dmark05/**
**I looked at the GTS 8800 range and the card itself looked MASSIVE, not sure if they'll be enough in my PSU to power it :-( So it think I'll have a look at the 7000 series.
When I eventually get the GPU I'll look into overclocking.

Nice one for all the advice
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Thanks for the info
The 4Gb RAM made my eyes water but glad you pointed it out as a must have.
Re: Vista
Someone sent me this link, it seems to major problem is Using AVI Movies as Textures
http://www.e-frontier.com/article/articleview/2127/1/858/

Thanks I'll give it a go

Thanks very much svdl

I've just pre-ordered my copy of Adobe Creative Video Suite for 2 resons.

1. Great value. 2) There is now a degree of compatiblity with Poser. So I'll be wading through the forums to collect as mush info as poss.

Thanks

Again

has anyone got any examples of cartoon stills or animations? that'll be a great help. Thanks

Yes the King got the message and replied. He removed the tutorial link from his site but it's available to download at... http://DigitalBabes2.com/tutorial.zip English Bob Also replied with some useful steps to a topic I started @ poserpros.... Step 1 - model your hair, and save it in a format that Poser can import. Your options will depend on what version you have, but OBJ is usually best. Step 2 - UV map the hair if it wasn't already done by your modeller. Step 3 - produce textures and transmaps. Step 4 - import the hair into Poser, and position it on the head of your chosen figure. Parent to the head. Step 5 - apply the texture(s) and transmap(s) using the materials dialogue/room depending on Poser version. Step 6 - save to the Hair library. Step 7 - MAT Pose Edit can now open the resulting HR2 file, but you'll want to save a PZ2 (Pose) file in most cases. Note that this will only work on hair which has been applied to a figure. Repeat 5, 6 and 7 for different textures as needed.

He must have removed the tutorial. I can't find anything under http://www.digitalbabes2.com/ I've sent him an email asking him if I'm either looking in wrong place or if he's removed it.

Nice one Boni, I'll check that out. In the mean time I'm finallay logged on to Poserpros, WHEYHEY This site seems to have a lot of tutorials, a heck of a lot. I found this one which gives a very basic idea of modelling using 3d studio max (I'd be using the same principles but in lwave). The only thing it doesn't touch on is how to turn my lwave object .lwo into a .hr2 file. (this was the problem I also had with philc's skull cap http://www.comet-cartoons.com/toons/3ddocs/hair/ But I'm heading to Kozaburo's site right now. cheers

I've had to send a email to one of the moderators (no administrators online) xurge@xurge3d.com Just for records incase anyone has same problems