"I'm not really trying to 'rain on your parade'" never took it that way..no worries here! again, 2.26 minutes off a short animation. Im "giddy" hehehehehehehehhehehe

It may not work on all systems. It's hard to tell what everybody else has running in their backgrounds...Everyone has other (different) software and apps..
Having said that, you may not notice the difference that I have.
In XP, I also disable all the "useless" services that are running (from services.msc in the command line) in the background and using precious recources...So, my system services are minimal, "gutted" for (at least in my own mind) for 3d apps that I use, and Stereoscopic apps..
In the end, on a 30 frame animation with V3, and high-res textures, scene, lighting and props, the "high priority" setting shaved 2.26 minutes off the final rendered avi.
This is significant to me..
I am very happy I did this, heehee please dont yank the rug out from under my self-proclaimed glory....(lol)
2.26 minutes on a small animation with hi res settings and lighting is awesome... This seems to be a consistent number as I tried it 5 or 6 times to be sure...I wonder if the CPU load is "progressive" with Poser??...meaning it slows with use. I suspect it is, but I never checked... Maybe there is no performace hit with regular use and renders, but perhaps the higher priority setting somehow "locks" the CPU load for the app and it dont slow down....and this is where I may be getting the lower render time numbers... if this is the case, well again, 2.26 minutes off a 30 frame animation! (yaaaaaaaaaaay) Im sticking with it for now... As far as Windows saying 100 percent CPU usage, Ive never really trusted that reading within Windows. The numbers that show and "proove" whats goin on can be found using other "benchmarking" proggys dedicated for that purpose...and always read differntly that the windows readings.. Think of it this way... Windows needs certain things to run, regardless of using another App by itself.. For example... the service "explorer.exe" is one of your highest CPU load thingys running....nothing will work without this (obviously).. CTL-ALT-DEL, find it in your task manager under processes and shut it down..see what happens... a few others cannot be shut down too, and still have windows run. This is why I dont "believe" the CPU load numbers Winders tells ya Poser is using (100 percent CPU usage) because if it really was using 100 %, nothing else could work (like explorer, or the other required services needed to make windows run)... Now Im just blabbin.. thinkin aloud Just a tip that I found worked for me and 2.26 minutes makes me ...well..... jiggy! :) Hope someone can use it besides me.

John's right .... I forgot to mention that.. I do this when I am only using Poser and nothing else. Im not the best "multitasker", so it seems I always use 1 at a time (program or app). Having said this, this tweak works for me great.

zippyozzy: yes, actually it all worked fine on my machine to begin with.. I'm one of those people who always try to push things to the limit, or a little harder. (lol) My system is an AMD 3200XP, winXP, gig of 400Mhz RAM, 256 meg vid card, Sata drives... What I noticed being "faster" was the render times, and when I say "load times", I meant the individual directories, like when you click on "poses" tab within Poser itself....as it(mine) is very large, before I did this, it tended to take a few seconds before the "poses" list would come up (seektimes??). Now, it's instant. Nothing "better" with it other than shaving off a few seconds here and there for us impatient folk!. It seem to add up after a while, 'specially with render times. ;) Kelderek, you are correct. Only this way, you dont have to do it everytime...simply click the batch file and go..(another few seconds)

naw, I wont say THAT (lol).. but this will at least force Windows to throw more "power" at it....
;)

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Thanks all! and I still use propack. Ill check out gepe's tut.. (eeew.... that sounded nasty....) Ill check out his tutorial...(there that's better) ;)

izzit a mister microphone????? issit??? huh? huh???? I alwayz wanted a mister microphon e.... LOL

Thanks and YOU ROCK!!! :)

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Thanks man, PM backatya! I didnt even notice yer PM till today, sorry bout that. I am defineately interested in hearing more about what info you can share. Raz~

I'm not arguing anything...not trying to "win" anything...Just trying to "prove" I guess that my post was not "way off base" because someone else says so... Actually, Im totally open in trying other stuff with what I'm doing, if you can "sell" it to me. You may know something I dont. Gimme something to work with... or to consider. 'splain, please, so I can be enlightend... Im not being sarcastic either. I really want to know about any perf. gains that may be present, and if so, what are they? Would it be worth my time? My 3D rig aint the only machine I have in the lab (I absolutely cannot use ATI in it, there is no contesting that as of now). I have 5 others on a network... all Nvidia's HAHA! And they aren't 3D rigs, so the stereoscopic abilities are not needed in those. What can you tell me about the Radeon for my other systems? I seriously want to know from someone who may know... I appreciate your thoughts I really do, you have peaked my interest. Raz~

No, I'm not "too touchy". My history here proves that, as I stated above. Are you even reading all of the posts to make an educated comment? you wrote: "what I said was that the RAM and processor has more of an effect on how it runs than the graphics card and that is F-A-C-T." Then I wrote: "Of *course* Poser needs RAM and a good CPU. " and I added...(DUH). You added: "the specs for a Radeon 9800 far outstrip the Nvidia of the same type". Where do you get your information? From ATI fan reviews????? I can find 20 reviews that say Nvidia is better, (and of course 20 that says ATI is better) Here, have a gander at the recent line up above the left is ATI, the right is Nv... Not sure how it "far outstips" the other. They both are very good.

The bottom line is, It's merely preference for what you are doing...ATI dont like 3D....period (stereoscopic).
Didja know that you can "trick" an Nvidia card into thinking it's a high end Quattro, and it'll run as such? That's pretty cool for Open GL or true 3D stuff if ya ask me! :) ... It will also run stereo with the updated drivers on it's own, and has stereo preferences in it's UI that you can tweak...
"what I said was that the RAM and processor has more of an effect on how it runs than the graphics card and that is F-A-C-T."
Another comment I'll add to this is that the poster was asking about monitors and cards....not for a fact that we all know with the basic core of tech. skills and knowledge. Hell, you might as well explain to the poster that he needs to plug the monitor in or it wont work... Hee Hee.

How 'bout that lunch?
Raz~

Look here, thefixer that was kinda rude, dontcha think? I didnt just pull what I typed outta my
a$$...I specifically said "I have my own reasons for that which are mainly subject to opinion and preference" when saying I chose Nvidia.
I am not here to debate you or anyone on silly irrelevant stuff. I'm offering my own experiences is all. Dont get on a soap box and shut me down with self important rhetoric, because I'm not off base.

You said in an above response to this post: "Hope this helps and I do know about this stuff as I'm qualified in this stuff".
Fine, so what you're saying is that anyone who chooses Nvidia over ATI isn't as you put it "qualified"? What is "qualified"???
Like I said, I do stereoscopic imaging...I chose the one that works for me for what I do...stereoscopic imaging.....
You know, I've been 'round here since '01. Having said that, I have never engaged in online bickering and any search of my name will reflect that.
I can also ignore the childish "look at me, I'm smart!" statements that are made by some on any message board, on any subject. However what makes this different is your proclamation of my being "way off base" and ATI's "better" blah, blah, blah, then offering nothing of your "knowledge" to make your case other than what appeared to be nothing more than opinion, or your own expericences. You said "the latest radeons piss all over the nvidia". Yeah,...looks like a "qualified" statement to me...
This kind of thing not only (to me anyways) appears to be the "look at me I'm smart!" thing, but you added the element of "look at him, he's wrong/dumb/unknowledgable".

I will say this...ATI does not come CLOSE to doing what I need it to do for stereoscopic imagry...High end cards like 3dLabs and the like do, but so does Nvidia, and has for a long time.

Another "qualified" statement you made to counter my advice was: "It makes no difference anyway because Poser needs system RAM and a solid processor more than the graphics card".
This is just silly. If this is what you believe, than I think in my lab I have several old 8 meg cards, I'll swap you 1 for whatever you have in your machine right now. The time it takes to render maxed res. image is now a fraction using a 256 meg card than a 64 or a 32. You are correct about your above statement, but I was not wrong in mine. Of course Poser needs RAM and a good CPU.
(DUH). <<------ that's the smartest thing I could think to say about that one...
You know what you know and that's great. But to assume that others do not, well that's just silly. You do not know who I am, or of my background at all. Then again, I might just be a monkey that was trained to type...Ya never know.
Now let's have lunch, I'll buy
Raz~

I will add my .02 on this matter too if it helps:
I build high-end systems as a hobby.
My main box is 2.5 Ghz CPU with a gig of 400 Mhz DDR RAM in it..I too, use the CRT monitor, a 21" sony CRT flat screen.. Yes it's HUGE and heavy, but I also use it as my gaming rig. In Poser, I do true 3d stereoscopic imaging, (using the LCD shutter goggles) to make things appear to jump into and an out of the screen at ya...takes it(Poser)(and gaming) to a whole new level.. reason I bring THIS up, is an LCD flat monitor dont have near the refresh rates a good CRT has. With REAL 3D (with goggles), it works by cutting the refresh rate in 1/2 and flashing 2 slightly panned images alternately back and forth from left eye to right thru the goggles, appearing to be how your human eye would see it... In other words, your right eye sees 1 render, while your left eye sees another, slightly panned viewpoint, render. The LCD goggles simply black out the screen on each eye opposite of what an eye is viewing, flashing back and forth with your refresh rate cut in 1/2 split 'tween each eye. So 144MHz refresh = 72 MHz per eye, which 72-80 is average rate of typical monitor we all see... make sense? The higher the refersh rate, the less "flicker" your eye detects...
My CRT is a 144MHZ refresh rate monitor on the gaming 3D rig. the LCD does NOT come anywhere near that, and does not work for tru 3D stuff Im doing...
I use a GeForce FX card, 256 megs on board, and even tho there are higher end stuff out there, I cannot imagine noticing any difference in "better" quality as this thing is hot.
I was an ATI fan until I tried a Geforce 2 card, and since then Ive upgraded as they (Nvidia) did and never looked back at ATI...I have my own reasons for that which are mainly subject to opinion and preference. However, I can honestly say by experience, whatever you go with for a Vid card, get the highest memory one you can...It makes a huge difference, and dont "tap in" to your system memory as much if it has a lot on the video card itself...
Blah Blah Blah, but if this sort o thing interests you in the future, CRT is the only way to go...
:)

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I heard a long time ago that DAZ got rid of it in the software as the Buxom morph is the same thing. Ever since I've heard that, I've always deleted it from my menu... Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember reading something about that long ago..