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Continued… These tests in themselves are not enough to condemn DPaint as the culprit in the 'slow load' problem, but here's the kicker: Exit from Dpaint, and use UShow to load up the same hi-res pic you were using to test DPaint. Click the left button to 'set' the picture in place, and slide its screen down to expose the CLI (use 2 if necessary) and PM. Now use UShow to load the same pic. (or another one to clear the buffers, and back to the same one to retest). Observe that the second pic loads just as quickly as the first one, even though it is a similar condition to loading a pic into DPaint with the same screen configuration. My conclusion is that the 2090 has been given a bum rap for supposed DMA interference with 640*400*4 screens, when in fact it is DPaint itself that is somehow causing the poor performance. As soon as I can borrow ProPage, I will perform similar tests on that, since that is the other one that people say they notice the poor performance with. Let me know how your tests go. -larry