true, software may be faster than hardware, but if i'm capturing video and using a software codec also in conjunction with software raid then i would expect to have far more dropped frames than i would if i had a hardware raid setup just because if there are 2 proccessers working to do the work, it will have less chance of maxing out than if there is only one (true, this would make no difference if i was using say... dual athalon 1100's) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/