My CL geforce 2 was DOA when it arrived from buy.com so i bought a hercules 64 mb geforce 2 and have been happy as a clam. The 2d looks great to me though i haven't run it at 1600x1200, only 1280 and below. I'm sure the monitor you use affects things as well, not just the video card. Just buy a card and see for yourself, if you don't like it, return it... nothing more than time wasted but your time is worth the effort.