My quadtree is a pretty big one with approximately 10 vertices per node. I need to utilize vertex and index buffers to improve things since i am currently using DrawPrimitiveUP() to draw per node. Terrible, I know! I understand that the optimal size for a buffer is about 1000 vertices/indices. So, im guessing i need several buffers of size 1000. and i just fill them as i update the tree.... this sounds like a heck of alot of maintenance. one slight miscalculation could cause my computer to go spiraling down and probably give me to blue screen due to some buffer over-run on this XP machine (which i have gotten way too many times as a result of improper use of vertex buffers).

holy shoots!!
that makes a big difference.
thanks!