Mylenium wrote:
1) Other than OpenGL within the program, does C4D Lite use the GPU for rendering at all?
No. even the full C4D has no GPU rendering features.
I just realized, if you don't need raytracing in your 3D objects, Element 3D is still a better choice because it uses the GPU and it's really fast. Although it also has some anti-aliasing problems. But it can get you out of the way pretty fast for some things.