On Saturday 18 Jan 2003 12:00 am, Hell.Surfers@cwctv.net wrote: > perhaps glx gears is designed to run in software No it isnt. If you X is in anything other thatn 16bpp then you 3d acceleration will be shite with this card. The simple test is to run glxinfo and see if you have the line: Direct Rendering: Yes If it is this then everything is fine, if it is 'No' then you havent set something up properly. Tom