Hawkfyr, no you'd be wrong, Maximum PC Ran a comparison of video cards, the did the comparison with Bryce, Corel Draw, Photoshop, Extreme 3D 2 and Premiere. Rendering is handeled by the video card if u have one, if not u rely on your processor, and that just chugs a system. Art, I would bet u have not compared a voodoo card on the same system as your friends Annihilator is on, because any 3D card will make games look better, thats normal. Fact of the matter is that Creative Labs puts out a good product, I own a Creative Blaster Banshee video card, and it works great, but Voodoo has become the one that everyone compares to for a reason, it kicks ass and is a proven product. Look on any game box, they don't list a Creative labs video card, they list things like Voodoo.