Thanks for the welcome!
I've ran all the tests in dxdiag successfully.
Driver wise, the manufacturer drivers are months old now, and the regular ATI drivers don't support my chip.
With DirectDraw there are a couple of 'stuttering' issues, though they always seem to occur when a new sound is to be played, so that may be a sound card issue.
Thanks for the configuration help, I'm off out for the night but I'll try your suggestions tomorrow hopefully!
Mantz
