... a GeForce4 Ti 4800 SE 128MB card and a GeForce4 MX 440 SE 128MB DDR card, in terms of performance in FS overall? Is the latter a later, faster card? I realise that most reading this post are probably using far more recent cards by now but this dinosaur would appreciate any advice. Thanks. I'm thinking of retiring my GeForce2 ....Mark "Dark Moment" Beaumonthttp://www.swiremariners.com/newlogo.jpg

Hi Mark, here'as a link to Adrian's Rojak Pot which lists the Nvidia GPU features (at the bottom there's a link to Ati too): http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?locat...&var1=88&var2=1Basicly, the MX440 is DX7 whilst the 4800 is DX8. If you can, try to get one without a SE. Otherwise, a cheap, very decent alternative which 'does' DX9 is an Ati 9600pro. Good luck and kind regards Jaap

Great, Jaap! Exactly what I needed, and thanks.Mark "Dark Moment" Beaumonthttp://www.swiremariners.com/newlogo.jpg

The following two articles from Tom's hardware guide should help Mark.http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/index.htmlhttp://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/index.htmlAs others have said try and avoid the SE models, they tend to be poorer performers than the non-SE cards.