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Kevin, Thankyou for your input. It was not my intent to suggest that there was a more than a passing similarity with the MGA. Both the Targa 2000 and Illuminator Pro are out of the question. Both of these boards are maximum overkill for what I need. I do need to be able to see either composite or SVHS out, but this is only for color check and luminance levels. I may have been misinformed or misunderstood the 1024's ability to do this. I do need a decent 17" SVGA monitor regardless. If you paint in Windows and you want to spare your eye-sight, I think its a must. I've got a beautiful 720 line Broadcast monitor which has the NTSC bandwidth and SMPTE Type C phosphors. But for Windows 1024x768x32 makes sense and to make it all work properly you need a larger monitor. I've thought about the Illuminator at considerable length, but seeing the full screen image requires toggling the screen to full view mode at 720×486. This does not seem practical. While the Targa 2000 is no doubt a wonderful board, I wouldn't use a tenth of its potential. And neither the Illuminator Pro for that matter. While they've discontinued the 1024 there are still some new ones around but your point about composite out etc. is well taken, so I guess I'll keep looking. Thanks, -JE