lol. let me rephrase the edit... the custom build of the DLL i made was built using the debug version of the directx direct3d libraries. i did not know that at the time i released the above ZIP files. unfortunately the debug versions are all i have available to me currently. due to this, i have removed the files that the links go to until i can get a build that uses the runtime versions of the direct3d libraries. my problem is that i cant find .a versions of the libraries i need anywhere and trying to make them on my own has failed miserably. if i can somehow get ahold of the .a libs for the runtime versions i can then remake the DLL and im good to go. if i cant get this resolved in the next couple of days, i will put the debug versions back out there so you can at least see what they look like. IMO they look better than the OGL version at the same frame rates.