I'm a bit of a "computer bimbo".. I am not at all familiar w computer hardware.. I usually get my BF to help me out with that..  but he is not familiar with how Poser works which is why I am asking here instead :)

I'm thinking of upgrading my computer to get better performance from Poser specifically..

Currently I have an Intel Core i7 CPU  960     @  3.2ghz and 6GB RAM, geforce GTX 560ti gfx card 2048ram

I am using Poser Pro 2012 and currently it works "ok"..  I always render very big and lately I find that when I'm rendering I can't do anything else on the computer because it laggs alot.. I used to be able to atleast browse around on the net, but now it's getting to a point where I can't even do that..

Atm mostly my renders take anywhere from 5-6 hrs to several days.. and that's not using SSS or indirect light passes..

I started noticing this change in performance after I switched to PP 2012..

 

Now I'm wondering which would be better for me..  upgrading RAM or CPU... which does Poser need "more"?

Any help would be very much appreciated :)

 

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