[quote user=" Nikito "] To take this one "geek" step further :p you can click START then RUN (or just START in Vista) and type DXDIAG followed by ENTER to get to the DirectX Diagnostic Tool. From there, you should see a DISPLAY tab which should indicate whether Direct3D Acceleration is ENABLED (it should be). [/quote] Thanks fixed it. Somehow DirectDraw Acceleration had been disabled