I'm running almost the same system you are except I've got a 1.2 Gig processor and 310 meg of ram...(Yes I know that's a weird amount, but I got a 64 meg stick for free when I bought the 256 meg stick) Same Video card. I'm running Bryce 5, which renders slower than Bryce 4 (In my experience) Looks and acts great though. Haven't had any vodeo problems at all! Great upgrade from my P3 600...

Man...converting that to a JPG really took some of the detail away... In the real image, the angel is much clearer...Set it max too...

Okay, here is the initital image. No post render work has been completed. I believe I'm going to pose the main angel differently as I want to put a sword in her right hand. I want to put a glow around the angel...really I want it to look like a white(holy) fire. I'd also like to add flames to the mountains to make them look like they are on fire. I believe I'm going to change the nebular effect to something in a whitish color to match the angels aura. My solution, unless I can find an easy way to do it in Bryce is: 1) Render the terrain in Bryce. 2) Render the angel in Poser. 3) Combine the two in Photoshop where I'll make the angel one layer and the scenery another layer. That way I can use the photoship filters to make the angel glow... I'm afraid it may look a little flat though...that's why I was wanting to try it in Bryce... If anyone can offer some advice/help for a newbie, it would be great... I think I've got some of the basics down... I know what I want to do in my mind... it's just a matter of putting it together and making all work... Thanks for any help!

Thanks! I was gonna ask which one should be loaded first!

Has anyone tried to cross load Win2000 with win 98? I currently have Win 98 but would like to load Win 2000 so I can do 3D stuff on a more reliable platform. However, I'd like to keep my Win 98 so that I can continue to play the ganes I like to play. (Which don't run under Win NT/2000. If any one's tried to cross load, please let me know how you did it. I'd like it to prompt me with what OS I'd like to use. Thanks for any help! I don't have a problem with Bryce, but Win 98 sure wreaks havok on 3D Max...