Scott....I agree a higher end CPU is necessary...I, of course, had to make a smart a.. comment couple of days ago about having to use a 6-terrahz cpu :) It's a shame, though, that it takes better than a 1.53ghz system to use this program, especially considering the code has been in the works for quite awhile...or was it just slapped together in the last 6 months targeted at the next gen of systems ??? I was finally pretty happy with P4...loaded XP which got rid of my render problems....all was great except for the crosstalk, which can be worked around....now to start over again with P5... I am using P5 pretty aggressively, but its more the matter of me aggressively slamming my desk and throwing stuff. :)

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