That's how DirectX works, and Direct3D (the 3D component of DirectX). It's also pretty much how OpenGL works. However - there's a minor problem. Poser doesn't use Direct3D or OpenGL. It ignores them and just treats the video card like a "flat" unaccelerating video card. So the video card doesn't make a lot of difference - at least the 3D acceleration doesn't help Poser, because Poser doesn't use it :( It's possible that a card with fast data throughput (say, AGP 8X instead of PCI) might provide a measureable speed improvement over an older, slower card. The future, however, is constantly being misquoted. Cheers, Cliff