You will have to make a choice on what is more important here, and in this case, it boils down to more than just price and quality. 1. On the cost issue, A TNT (1) based product or a voodoo 3 2000 would be obvious choice, both can be purchased for around $75 - $105 if you look around. Some would argue that the V3 is inadequate for today's games, but that just isn't true for now. Tomorrow's games are a different story...see point 3. 2. On the CURRENT quality/speed point, a TNT 2 Ultra based product would be the obvious choice. They are solid as a rock (especially with Open GL)and are screaming fast. You can nab one of the for around @190 - $250. 3. Future value: This is a sure thing on the hardware side and a bit of a gamble on the manufacturer's ability to improve their drivers. I am of course referring to the now infamous Matrox G400 MAX. This card is SWEET. It can push 2 monitors right out of the box, at DIFFERENT resolutions/refresh rates (thanks to 2 RAMDACS, one of which being 360 mHz, the fastest to date in a consumer-level card) or it can push 1 monitor and 1 TV, etc. It has 32 MB of 5 ns memory (TNT 2 = 5.5-7) and offers the best visual quality in 2d and 3d. The only worry I have is Open GL support. The MAX already is the reigning king of Direct 3d (see the Quake 3 website for the posted benchmarks on this thing!) but to accell in today's market you need both D3D and OGL. The reason this card will last longer than a V3/TNT 2 is because of 2 features: the aforementioned "dual-head" capabilities (2 video outputs) and environmental bump-mapping...you gotta see this to believe it. Check out www.matrox.com to see the screenshots of what this feature can do to a game... I pre-ordered a MAX and it should arrive today...I paid $250 direct from Matrox's website...I always love a good gamble. Brad Boutwell Tulsa, OK ***************** I am in the market for a new video card for my K6-2 300-400 pc. It will be running Win98 and possibly Linux/Unix. I will mainly be using business apps such as Office 97-2000 and drawing programs (Corel Draw, no cad), as well as Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc. I am also interested in 3D games, and would like the card to last me for a while. Right now I am using the "original" Voodoo 1 Rush chipset, and feel that is aging quite a bit. Being a college student I am always budget minded, but I realize the graphics card is one of the more important parts of a computer. (Other components can be skimmed on) :)Please any recommendations/comments/opinions/experiences would be greatly appreciated, and might benefit others on the list as well. Here are the "main" choices that I am considering (there may be others of which I am unaware): TNT2 (Hercules, Diamond, etc.) Voodoo3 (3dfx) Savage 4 pro+ (Diamond, Hercules, etc.) G400 (Matrox) * PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://nospin.com/pc/files.html