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well.. about the DNA drivers, like every other driver - it's just a driver.. it can't do a 100mhz boost. let say that different drivers, (DNA, ATI, or factory) are different in small things, but those small things can solve the problems like yours. It's not a problem of speed, becouse your card is really fast. it's about intructions, how 3dsmax manage the drivers of your card. after I had an Nvidia, I have to say that Ati is really better. Of course neither of Ati nor Nvidia standart cards are ment for 3dsmax, but in your case it's wierd. I think you have to try different drivers and see if it helps.

aah, and defently a good Open GL driver works better than a diretX for 3dsmax.

btw what ver of 3dsmax do you use?