WinDVD Creator - This program allows for capture and editing of your videos to DVD compliant formats.  The choices between timeline and storyboard for editing was nice, as I prefer a timeline view.  A good starter program for those who have not done video editing previously, and much better than many other basic editors out there.
	Command & Conquer Generals Edition - I wasn't too sure about this game when I got it, but I must admit that this game is addicting.  The design of the game makes all three groups equal in design but also vastly different in strategy.  Overall a good game and a good choice to be put into the package as it is demanding on the video card too.
	Battlefield 1942 - This game recreates feel of WW2, and according to the reviews on it the game is incredible.  The 3D engine creates a very real look to the game which is always something that is needed.  The multiplayer aspect of this game is supposedly very good, as at least a few of our forum members are in a Battlefield 1942 clan.
	Unreal II - Its a pure single player game, as UT 2003 is the multiplayer version of this game.  The quality of the displayed images is very good as one would expect from the Unreal engine that its based on.  The game itself was fairly nice, but is nothing that new in design of the game.
	MSI Multimedia Beyond 3D - This is a collection of MSI utilities and the drivers for the video card, including the video capture drivers.  Apart from the standard DirectX, Adobe Acrobat, and PC Cillin, there is the MSI utilities of which the overclocking utility never worked for me.

   I must say that the included software is a very nice addition as its worth over $70 for all the programs.  What though about the software that you will be using everyday with this card, the drivers, how do they look?

Opening Menu

Overclocking Menu

Overlay Menu

Temperature Menu

nView Menu

    Starting from the opening screen we are presented with the standard left side menu, which leads to all the options that we need.  The opening screen gives you the AGP speed DirectX version and also the driver versions.  Next we look at the overclocking menu that is unlocked using the Coolbits registry file, and has two options, 2D and 3D overclocking.  Of course all your overclocking efforts will be with the 3D option, and as we have mentioned previously, the auto detect option gets you very close to the best overclock for your video card.  Next is the Overlay menu, best used when there are at least two display devices attached to the video card.  With this menu you can choose to send the screen overlay to a TV, while having it on a small window on your main monitor or some other combination therein.  Next is one of my personal favorite menus, that of the temperature monitor.  As the FX5900 Ultra GPU is a very hot one, and there are two different clock speeds this makes sense.  Lastly is the nView menu which, assuming you have more than one monitor/TV hooked up allows you to change the options for the monitor from clone to spanning.  Overall if you have had a nVidia card in the past few years the drivers will not be anything foreign to you, except for the overclocking and temperature menus.

    The quality of the 2D is the best I've seen from any nVidia based chipset, which deserves some praise both to MSI and nVidia for this.  Overall the quality of the 5900 Ultra was very good, with the text being a little too thin compared to the more readable Parhelia.  With images the only complaint about it is that the colors were washed out and the picture as a whole was overly bright.  But anyone who picks up this card will for the most part be very happy with the 2D quality of the card, though if you want the best Matrox wins and ATi also produces some good quality 2D.