The intuos line is about twice as sensitive at the graphire line. Most people are fine with graphire tablets, would never miss the difference between the two levels, others want the highest level of control that they can get, and are willing to pay twice as much to get that. the big question is, for the fair sized difference in cost is the difference worth your money? I will tell you that I have tried both and went for the intuos, but I would have been happy with the graphire too. Wacom doesnt make a bad tablet that I know of.