Totempole wrote on 2021-02-14, 13:29:

The Geforce 2MX is still a great value card for someone looking for a proper Riva TNT2 (Not m64 version) but are not willing to spend crazy amounts of money to get one.

Really??? If so, then I'm really puzzled at it. I've got TNT2 Pro shelved somewhere, got it in exchange for my own MX200. If you really need that one, I can dig it out and ship it to you just at the cost of shipping, no kidding.
Just can't imagine if anyone wants to capitalise on a card which was anything but unique and gave you no advantages over Glide, but the opposite.

frudi wrote on 2021-02-14, 11:38:

I didn't consider Quake 3 comfortable at 1024x768x32 maxed out, since the fps would regularly drop down into 30s with a lot of on-screen action; something that running a timedemo and getting an average score of 60 fps won't really show you.

I think I just haven't noticed that at the time, to me it was all smooth enough. I have only began turning on the fps counter during an actual gameplay in Q3 since I got my 9000 Pro.

I've never used an MX200, and I'm put off by it's castrated memory bus. But the MX and MX400 are quite good budget cards.
With these cards and at that time it was expected that you'd have to compromise either on resolution, bit depth, or frame rate. Antialiasing was mostly out of consideration. If you wanted no compromises then you'd step up to a GTS or Ultra. In today's world the 4MX is another good budget option but it needs later drivers.
Many late 90s motherboards have design flaws with power delivery to the AGP slot. If that's a concern, the MX series cards are good choices for that reason in addition to being cheap.
The 2MX* cards in particular hit a nice combination of performing well at a low power budget using early drivers. The early drivers can help game compatibility and with some CPUs they also perform better. It's one of the most optimal cards for a fast K6 machine for example.

since when was tnt 2 standard and pro rare? there are tons of them on ebay in US atleast because not many people really want them...

Warlord wrote on 2021-02-15, 01:22:

since when was tnt 2 standard and pro rare? there are tons of them on ebay in US atleast because not many people really want them...

compared to GF2 MX400 and Tnt2 M64 I would say they are pretty rare!

true but tnt2 ultras are rare though. the normal ones and even the pros are not hard to find and still can be had for a few bucks. even ultras can be found for cheap since no one is really going for them,