The clear winner in the software race is the ELSA GLADIAC MX, which has the selectable game bundle and excellent drivers. The G450 comes a close second, with its 2D and 3D graphic creation tools as well as awesome drivers. All the other cards have pretty much the same bundle, DVD software, but nothing else that is worth paying for.

As for bundled features, the Leadtek card is the only GeForce2 MX with TV-out, which puts it a bit above the others, but the G450 really wins out with its dual-head feature, including TV-out. All the other cards are bare bones.

As far as value is concerned, the ATI RADEON and GeForce2 MX cards are all the best values. All of them cost well under $200 and all of them perform like champs. The RADEON DDR shines as the best performance bang for the buck, not to mention its superb DVD playback. The ELSA GLADIAC shines as the best software bundle and costs less than most cards. The Leadtek card shows off its dual-head TV-out for a good price. The MSI card has the lowest price in our test. The Hercules card has the NVIDIA feature set with a bit more speed but you have to pay for it. The Voodoo4 provides decent performance but other cards blow by it for the same amount of money. And then there's the G450, which has terrible 3D performance for the buck, but gets by with outstanding 2D and dual-head VGA plus TV-out.

Our overall best value picks are the ELSA GLADIAC MX and ATI RADEON 32MB DDR. The ELSA has the best software value by far, and the RADEON DDR has the most performance for the buck.

The worst performance values are the Matrox G450 and 3dfx Voodoo4 4500.

As for cards not in this test, there still are some other great values out there. A few less-known brands have GeForce2 MX cards for less than $100, though we cannot say anything about their quality or support.