hi....um just excited with my new toy.....i tried this render that WAS PREVIOUSLY IMPOSSIBLE on my machine...... V3 with super high-res textures loaded 4000 x 4000 All Morphs loaded Global Illumination = ON All shadows = ON Reflection = ON Dimension = 693 x 700 Pixel Sample = 12 Shading rate = .1 Render time = 22 min i tried this render setting on my previous Win 98SE machine......it took 5 HOURS to render 15 shadow maps!!!! i canceled it for obvious reasons...... the actual rendering after the shadow maps is another wait...but with this CPU its like NOTHING in the 3D world is IMPOSSIBLE! all shadow maps rendered but theres no shadows on the floor...i think its cause they got washed out or something.....the diffuse color of the ground was set to white...so maybe it has to be set to black or something... 22 min not bad huh? theres 2 reasons for my post 1. to show people deciding on upgrading what a 2.8E CPU can do....and maybe get one 2. um just excited here......finaly i got A RESPECTABLE computer! woohoo! i guess my overtimes at work paid off! AND BEST THING OF ALL.......THIS HERE MACHINE WAS BUILT BY MY TWO HANDS....well....i assembled and configured n all... A creation that defines the spirit of what it means to be a man......working and producing something with his two hands...just like how it has always been in human evolution and history....MEN working by themselves, for themselves and nothing but themselves..... ohh....how beautiful!