Hello friends I need your advice about upgrading my computer. I have Pentium 4 2.40 with Gigabyte i848 mainboard - 1gb of DDR400 ram (512x2) and a Ge-Force fx5200 video card with 128 mb of ram... In last few days I was thinking to upgrade it to a Pentium 4 3.2ghz with i915 chipset mainboard and a PCI express video card. Some professional artists I know like Wade Wood suggesting me an AMD 64 bit based system. It looks cheaper and faster than Pentium 4 3.2 - so I am confused. But I am sure an 64 bit processor can cut my long render times. The only thing that buggers me is the software I use. I am using Cinema 4D 9, Poser 5 and Vue 5 Esprit on my 3D works. And Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat and Microsoft Word for my part-time desktop publishing works - to make money. So my computer is important for me to earn my life. What do you suggest ? I am asking because I exprienced problems with Vue D'esprit 4 and Ge-Force fx5200 (because of its driver). I dont want to have problems with my software and I want power !!! :D So please let me know what you think and share your AMD expriences with me. Thank you guys...