Ok so I've fixed my video card problems. So tutorial soon; at least as soon as I can get some good video capture software up and running. In the mean time, there's this neat little fluid test that this guy did. But better yet is the crit that one of my colleagues gave him in the comments. Worth its weight in gold.

http://vimeo.com/28519440

Delays

Wow sorry about the delays. I have been holding off posting due to my video card not being supported by maya. That's what I get for going with an ATI chip. My 6870 performs well for games, but I need nVidia drivers to run Maya. It's very difficult to work when your view port stops updating. Anyway, not sure what card to get. I don't want to give up my gaming abilities, and I don't want to have to switch out cards every time I want to work or play. I may end up with a 580 GTX or 590 GTX. Not sure yet. But that at least sounds like a better solution than a quadro 4000. Anyway, I'll get back to the tut soon enough.