Irrlicht Engine

for a long time AMD were best for games with higher average FPS, whilst intel peaked higher they had less consistency and higher frequency of lows.

Currently Intel seem to have overtaken AMD and here in the US the quad core chips arent that expensive.

Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 & Asus P5N ...

the best way to get B3D's into 3dsmax is with Ultimate Unwrap 3D. That has a custom 3dsmax import/export import plugin and has good B3D support.

It really depends, recent tests showed them to be pretty close on my system. GL v's DX9. I had some probs with older ATI drivers a few months back which seems to improved recently.

http://www.onigirl.com/pipeline/

where it says download the latest version:

B3dPipeline.zip

Max6_patch.zip

B3dExtensions.zip

B3d Pipeline Sample Scenes

Installation: B3d Pipeline Files

B3D pipeline is the best B3D exporter by far and it works with Max8 just fine so long as you have the max 6 patch installed.

Would be nice if someone could port the pipeline extensions over, then you could use 3dsmax as your world editor since the exporter supports instances, animated lights fog ...

I guess it all comes down to your level of experience and familiarity with game engines. And then you have to consider what features you need for your game and which engine supports those features and is more rhobust.

I havent seen many finished projects completed with Irrlicht, and many including ...

I prefer Ogre because of its fantastic material system, and world/level editing from inside 3dsmax.

Of course the Pro version of Ofusion for commercial projects costs money but its an awesome tool, and there's a free community edition for non commercial use.

Irrlicht still suffers from fairly ...

IF your willing to drom Linux which isn't really feasible for a real commercial game, then you can always use PhysX from Ageia. That is free for commercial games on all computer platforms but not consoles.