Yes...no further comment necessary....Though I did find out in our area there have been sightings of a Swamp beast..
I might switch back to OpenGL but I downloaded the latest Google Earth I have the option to launch via Direct or Open with the Nov version.
(This is from my XP)
Google Earth 4.2.0205.5730 Build Date Nov 13 2007 Build Time 17:56:09 Renderer DirectX 8 Operating System Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 2) Video Driver 00001002 (00006.00014.00010.06618) Max Texture Size 4096x4096 Server kh.google.com