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Ken… I disagree, speed tests are important. I agree that if you are only doing a series of commands and timing them overall, that does not show much. But if your benchmark breaks down the test by entity type, % of screen size, and a good curve on the results then you might find out something. With GRPERF I found out that many ADI drivers fall all over themselves with 0 width polylines. If I had not done the test then I would not have found this out and gotten programmers to fix it. I asked one programmer of a company that did terrible on 0 width plines how could they put out an ADI driver that did so badly, his response was that his job was programming not drawing. Lame response. But it points out that some companys never really test their drivers before shipping. I've also found that if a company does test it's drivers, it usually uses the San Diego Benchmark test. A major company spent two months testing their new card against the market using BM-ACAD. What a waste. I agree that some cards will not benchmark well. But AutoCAD users, ADI developers and magazine editors <grin> all want speed tests. My two tests are the result of my experience with ADI drivers and 6 months of development between me and TonyT. I feel they do a pretty good job of testing ADI drivers. Robert