thanks for that I think it was the lack of vsync making me think it was slowing down. when I come to think of it, switching the frame rate from auto to off on pc emulators (on old systems) seemed to give off quite a ridiculously fast frame rate, so I guess its the same with the nokia! its unfortunate that third parties cannot implement vsync if nokia wont give out all the required info. i just wonder how far nokia will take maemo, eg in the sense of if 5 will be fully updateable to 6, or if that will only be possible if buying an entirely new phone. I can only hope that they do implement vsync at some point, if its worth doing and doesnt slow the system too much overall