Why do software companies have to make their products so damn difficult to get to grips with. Trying to work out the details with Cubase SX is like performing open-heart surgery wearing a blindfold, whilst being booted in the testicles, repeatedly.

This week I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade my graphics card. I had a fairly decent one already but thought that upgrading to a GeForceFX would be the dogs bollocks - in all honestly I've been watching too many preview movies of Half-Life2. To be honest, despite a few noticeable improvements of framerate, I've yet to be suitably impressed from the jump from GeForce4 to GeForceFX - I suppose that games haven't been put together with this technology jump in mind - HL2 and DIII should chang