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Sorry for the scramble. Hope this is better. Why would this happen? I did a benchmark on 3 systems. 486-25Mhz Intel, 486DX2-66Mhz Intel, 486DX2-80Mhz AMD I ran the following renders with these results. All were from frame zero single renders to the screen except Plasma which was frame 25. 80Mhz 66Mhz 25Mhz 57Chevy 1:40 1:53 3:41 Birdshow 1:38 1:51 3:43 Chopper :39 :42 1:25 OldCity3 :30 :34 1:06 Here is where it gets different. I purchased the Plasma IPAS and ran Plasma2 :18 :14 :27 Spheres :57 :45 2:08 And then this is back to what I would expect. Water5 3:38 3:47 7:50 Spheres is just a bunch of spheres I made up of different sizes, colors, textures, and bump maps. I believe that Water5 is also from the IPAS I bought. Can anyone explain why the 66Mhz would be faster on two tests than the 80 Mhz? I am trying to decide which to purchase. I cannot afford a Pentium at this time. I am also thinking of a Cyrix 80Mhz chip, but have no data on it. Thanks, Dennis