I have had to keep my head down with "she who must be obeyed "also.. Have a sneaking urge for one of those new matrox parahelia cards and a triple display - and the new microsoft combat flight sim 3 last time I got into CFS she didn't see me for two days!("yes of course I can come to bed dear - but first I must pilot this mosquito into germany and fly back to Biggin Hill") Good luck with the job-hunting . I know how it feels to be made redundant. It seems that IT is going through one of its hardest times - I've been in computer graphics for over twenty five years and have never seen IT so depressed. ATI just seems to produce cards that are easier on the eyes