The Wicked3D Board Company has announced that it will be having a 4th of July No Gimmicks Weekend Sale. The sale is for die-hard gamers who'd like to buy a Wicked3D Voodoo2-based 3D accelerator. The sale at the company's online store will take place from July 3-5 and will offer one card at US$219.00 and two cards at $425.00.

　　Wicked3D, a division of Metabyte, has also begun to hype its new version 2.0 drivers. Although not released yet, these drivers will showcase new features including Metabyte's transformation and lighting engine. The features in this engine won't be available to the rest of the market until Microsoft's DirectX 6 releases later this year.

　　"We realize that several of our customers may not be able to experience the true benefits of our transformation and lighting engine until the next generation of games come out later this year. Instead of continuing to focus our selling based on a future benefit, we have decided to offer the most competitively priced board today and let the future benefit remain an added bonus for our customers. We are serious about the board business and we are committed to making believers out of our customer base,'' added Mr. Dennis Raquet, Wicked3D Board Company's worldwide sales manager.

　　So if you aren't busy celebrating the nation's birthday this weekend and don't have a Voodoo2-based board yet, consider heading over to the Wicked3D site.