IF you have download and used AquaMark3 (freeware) to test your system. (Video and CPU).It runs a few gaming test on it and displays a nice set of benchmark numbers.The thing I noticed was... If I config my nVidea to say "Anisotropic" Filerting to Application. and "Antialiasing" to Application. I get a very high number. Almost 155FPS.But IF Change each of that "Anisotropic" and "Antialiasing" to 16X. The bench mark falls drastically.But for Flight sim...FS9 and FSX, it has not bearing on FPS but setting each to 16X hardware controlled rather than Application, its much better as far as quality is concerned.Does anyone know..why that would affect the Aquamark3 benchmark?Manny

AquaMark as well as 3DMark and several other benchmarking applications query your videocard settings and will base the test results accordingly. By using no AA/AF in the tests, your GPU can operate at its peak, thereby giving you a base line from which to judge your system. The drop in FPS you see is completely normal when changing your hardware settings.In all reality, if you tried to max out your hardware settings some years ago when much of the hardware had not matured, you probably would have seen a substantial drop in FPS.Regards,Jim Karn

K..thanks Jim. That makes sense.Manny