Availability 10/23 or earlier
Price US $500-600

In Anaheim, California, there are two theme parks, the world famous Disneyland and the not quite as famous but nearly as fun Knott's Berry Farm. Knott's appeals more to the roller coaster crowd, especially with their ride named Montezooma's Revenge.

This short (less than a minute) roller coaster accelerates you from 0 to 60 in three seconds, throws you immediately into a tight loop and then up a steep runoff ramp where gravity drags you to a nauseating stop at the top. Then, before you can projectile vomit (and believe me, you will feel the urge), you fall backwards through the same loop, then through the station and backwards up another run off ramp. Finally, gravity pulls you down the ramp and into the station where strong brakes slam you to a halt. You get off the ride with a headache and severe nausea. Montezooma's Revenge is a very popular roller coaster.

Benchmarking ELSA's GLADIAC Ultra gives similar sensations. Quake III Arena demos fly by so fast, your eyes slam into the back of your skull. 640x480 tests run so blazingly quickly, they give you and your monitor a headache. The GLADIAC Ultra is a very popular video card at the Sharky Extreme Hollowed-Out Volcanic Island Base (tm).

Yes, we tested an ESLA GLADIAC Ultra, a 64MB Speed Racer fast board based on NVIDIA's GeForce2 Ultra, putting it through our benchmark suite, toying with it, pushing it, prodding it, playing with it, and, of course, overclocking it, to bring you this review.