I am considering getting a new motherboard and CPU(s). I want a system that will allow faster render times with poser. Since poser doesn't use the GPU and only uses the CPU, I am thinking of getting a dual processor board. My question is weather Poser will be any better using a dual processor board as opposed to a single processor board? Would I be better off getting a faster single processor like a 3 GHz or dual 2.6 GHz? Thanks...

I think that poser doesnt uses two processors... dont know... check curiouslabs i think i saw that in there... besides i will wait until the release to the public of the new 64 bits machines. If you can wait, Intel should make a best perfomance with rendering (at least in 3ds it does) but i dont know if poser is optimiced for intel or amd. Any good motherboard like Asus, Gigabyte or MSI should give you good perfomance

Poser doesn't take advantage of multiple processors. Vue coupled with Windows 2000 or XP Pro does. I'm not sure what the plans are for DAZ studio.

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I am happy with my P4 2.8Ghz 800Mhz FSB and my Abit IS-7 Motherboard. Hyperthreading is supposed to be almost as good as 2 processors. If you're going to build a P4, make sure you have a power supply rated at 350 watts or better. More if you're going to build a dual-processor system. Also, get good quality memory such as Corsair, Mushkin, or OCZ CAS 2.

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64 bit processing is a solid 10 months out before you'll see any real benefit. Yes, you can buy a 64 Bit Athlon right now, but it will be running on good old 32-bit Windows XP until Microsoft ships a 64-bit version of Windows. The 64-bit Windows is probably going to go into beta sometime next spring, so I would not count on a final shipping product until maybe late next summer (and I am being an optimist). That said, an Athlon 64 WILL run a 32-bit application at speeds similar to a 3.2 GHz P4 or and Athlon 3200+. However, when it comes to bang-for-the-buck, you'll not be getting anything in return for the price premium you pay for the 64-bit CPU (until late next year when your "new" system is almost a year old). I'm usually an "early adopter" when it comes to new hardware, but I'm going to wait for the 64-bit Windows to get released and through the first set of major bug-fixes before moving to 64-bit processors. In the interim, we'll also get some better info on Intel's "Prescott" 64-bit CPU. In the meantime, I think the best price-performance ratio is probably an NForceII Ultra chipset with an Athlon 3000+ CPU (400Hz FSB). The specific motherboard which has gotten the best reviews I've seen is the DFI NFII Ultra LANParty board, believe it or not. Drew

I compared Athlon vs Pentium price/perfomance for quite a while, before I made my decision to buy. I kept looking for reasons to buy Athlon. If I believed that the Athlon was a better buy, I would have upgraded to an Athlon. It looks like the Athlon 64 is going to be hard to beat, but it is expensive.