Where's the ripple effect???

Greetings all,
I just installed my Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Edition GPU and it is a god send. Halo is playable, with DVI everything is SO clean and clear but! No ripple effect. Anyone care to comment on what I have done wrong? I would really like to get that little feature up and running if it is available. Thanks for all the input and help.
Cheers,
Chris
G4 466 MHz "digital audio", 1.5 GB RAM , 30GB HD(OS X only)   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   Pioneer DVR-111DBK , FirmTek SeriTek 1V4 , Hitachi 500GB SATA II HD

You're welcome!
A person would think there would be 'ripples' everywhere with all the hype that Apple gave that one item. Core Image is more than that though, especially with high end graphic applications like Motion, etc.
It's nice to have a decent video card, it sure makes the ol' Mac seem to come alive. Keep having fun!
Regards,
Dave

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