thanks for your help!
I'm feeling like I'm not getting the full 2gb usage out of the card, I just can't figure out why.

I'll look over the posts again and see if I can figure this out

thanks you guys for your help, I really appreciate it!!

oh yeah one more thing: I'm going to be jumping to 12gb RAM next week. should I figure out this benchmark score problem first before installing the new ram? just in case if I don't get the max out of the hardware...???

thanks