Blue magic, thanks for that. bit complex but i got the jist. The card came with my computer, and so a few computer friends say its much better than the normally supplied intel extreme thing. hes done a bit of reaserch on it to, aparently, although it is a "slow" card, theres another bit (sorry to be so vauge) which is fast (new cars have them, old dont). If i had the choise, id have gone with a better card, but im 15 so i cant afford a 400$ card. my friends upgrading soon (6ghz 64bit processer!!!!) i may buy his radeon 9600.

im going to borrow a mates copy of the sim, if it works, ill have to buy it

Ian