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> So basically, I wouldn't notice much of an improvement over my TNT 2
> and should wait for better cards to come out?

Possibly yes, possibly no. Personally, I would pick the GeForce (original), as it can be
had for as much as $100US less than the Voodoo5 5500, but if you are mainly using your PC
to play Glide-enabled games the Voodoo would vield more overall improvement. As for the
bang-for-the-buck value of a GeForce2, again I refer you to www.tomshardware.com

>  I don't really need a
> new card, just thought it would be nice to have so I could use my
> video capture card, and also because I haven't even been able to
> really adventure in Kunark because the textures in places like Burning
> Woods and Frontier Mountains make it too dangerous to travel there
> alone, and is only tolerable with the clipping plain almost all the
> way down.  I can't stand the jerkiness of those zones and don't want
> to run into a topugh mob and die because I couldn't see it with the
> clipping plain down.  I'm running a 550 PIII box with 128 Mb of ram

I haven't seen the expansion zones, so I don't know if it's worse than Greater Feydark, but
it definitely appears that you could use a better graphics card, so the choice to be made
here is how much performance improvement do you want, and how much are you willing to pay
for it. Here's some data from www.pricewatch.com (in my experience the best place to find
the best price for anything computer-related).

GeForce 256 - 32MB DDR $197US and up
Voodoo 5 5500 - 64MB $265US and up
GeForce2 - 32MB SDRAM $244 and up
GeForce2 - 32MB DDR $289 and up
GeForce2 - 64MB DDR $322 and up

Prices are updated daily, so these numbers could be out of date by the time you get this.

Paul