Did you ever think about that you're spending most of your time in a 2D envorionment when using your PC? Apparently nearly noone does when sucked into the swirl of todays 3D hype. HardwareCentral has taken a note on superior 2D quality and performance of ATI's 400Mhz RAMDAC sportied on the Radeon 8500: I should note that in no way is the GeForce2 Ultra (or GeForce3) a poor 2D performer, but the Radeon 8500 proved superior at higher resolutions. Performing tasks such as manipulating or scrolling through large images or even a worksheet full of Excel graphs was noticeably smoother with the ATI card, and 2D image and text clarity is a bit better -- especially at 1,600 by 1,200 or higher. Check out Vince Freeman's findings @ HardwareCentral.