or you can borrow someones credit card and get a 9600 non pro for 600... same speed as a Ti 500 but DX9 support, more features
actually the geforce 2 ultra/ TI is still one of the best budget grafix cards to get..but it won't play new games like Prince of Persia at all, and games like Far Cry will be missing alot of FX... try to get a grafix card that fully supports directX 8, it has all the features of 9, just a little slower and less detail.
If you could squeeze a lil more blood out the stone .