Hello Thanks to everyone for their opinions. Didn't realise that I was stirring up such a controversial argument. Latest news is that the motherboard that I've ordered (don't know the manufacturer) has an 8Mb on board video chip. The ones that I'm used to had a 1Mb chip. I'm thinking that this increased capacity will improve things considerably (in my experience it does). If it doesn't work I'll plug in a video card. Thank you Richard Do it all in one place - never leave the bathroom -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archive at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>