Hi everyone, I've been reading all of the sharky forums for quite sometime but just decided to register now, especially considering the decision I'm about to make. First off, some information about me. My name is Ryan and I'm a sophmore in High School which makes me 16. (no, I don't have my liscense yet ) I know a moderate amount of computer stuff but in no way am I a pro. My dilemma is this, I want to get a new graphics card. First main question is, should I get a GeForce 2 ULTRA or wait for the GeForce 3? Either card that I get, I'm borrowing money from my parents that I have to pay off over the summer. It makes sense that I'd like to keep costs "moderately" low (yeah right, an ULTRA or GeForce 3 is anything but low) so I don't have to work all summer. I don't want anything below an ULTRA right now so I'm set on these 2 cards. I'm looking at getting a GeForce 2 ULTRA by Hercules or the Elsa Gladiac one. I see that the Hercules is no lower than $500 (retail version) anywhere on the web that has it instock and is legit. I've searched pricewatch and other sites pretty well. I did find an Elsa Gladiac ULTRA for $328 with free FedEx ground shipping and no sales tax. I checked the site on "www.resellerratings.com" and it has 118 reviews on it and the overall score is 6.4/7, which I think is really well considering the fairly large amount of reviews it has. The site's address is "www.newegg.com" One last note, if I did get the GeForce 3 it would likely be the Hercules one, but possibly the Elsa. Also, I do NOT plan on upgrading my graphic card until sometime next year because this fall I have the XBOX and PS2 games to worry about paying for. I have a fetish for playing games in resolutions around 1024x768-1280x1024 with all the detail settings on MAX. If you have any further questions for me, please tell me so I can respond right away. I thank you all for the great opinions that I know you guys will give me. Here's to a long, fun stay at the sharky forums!

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