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Robert, I agree that benchmarks such as GRPERF are wonderful to diagnose peformance of drivers and cards. Your 0 width polyline example is a good one. As you noted, you would not have found this problem without your test. Doesn't this reflect how little the user notices such things? I don't view a graphics card a something that *helps* to get things done, but rather something that gets in the way. If I have to wait for *anything* during the design phase, the computer is getting in the way. A good board is one that doesn't cause me to wait on it. So, if the board draws 0 width plines slow, thats ok, as long as it gets finished before I'm ready. The biggest problem I have with benchmarks is they hurt a productive tool which might be 'fast enough' while helping a faster, but poorly implemented product. I'm rather PO'ed at one board maker that promised a slow menu system on a beta I tested was already fixed. Later, I discovered they failed to fix the shipping software. I would have burned them on the review, but now its too late. So, an end user might decide I'm a real jerk because I didn't mention the slow menu system. Or worse. Does this happen to you or did they just single me out….<g> Ken <getting a *little* smarter every day> ///