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Mark, I'll gaurantee you that the fact that any film did not use 3DS for it's effects had NOTHING to do with it's lack of raytracer. 99%+ of 3D feature film work is NOT raytraced. Unless you are talking about something like a flight simulator, or UI previews, hardware-assisted rendering typically has NOTHING to do with final output, period. You really need to get an understanding of what is used for what before letting these SGI hype-guys dazzle you with a lot of bells and whistles. If they were responsible people, they'd offer this information to you instaed of letting you find out later. All they are interested in is moving boxes, not helping you get the most for your dollar. -Alan