EVGA GeForce GTS 250 Superclocked Edition

Packaging and Accessories

The EVGA card comes in unified packaging we have already described in our earlier reviews of the company’s products. The box is somewhat smaller than the ones with EVGA’s GeForce GTX 285/295 series cards, though. The distinguishing feature of the EVGA GeForce GTS 250 series is the green strip going along the top of the package.

The memory type is indicated incorrectly: DDR3 instead of GDDR3. Otherwise, we can find no fault with the packaging. It looks neat and stern, following EVGA’s traditional style. The words Superclocked Edition are applied by means of a transparent sticker. As usual, there is a window in the back panel of the box for you to see the part of the graphics card with the serial number. Below the window is a sticker with the same number. When buying the card you must make sure the two numbers coincide. This proves the authenticity of the product and allows you to take part in the EVGA Step-Up program.

Inside the box there is a plastic container in which the graphics card is fixed securely. It protects the card against damage but we guess that foam-rubber materials are better yet. Besides the card, the box contains the following accessories:

• DVI-I → D-Sub adapter
• 2x4-pin Molex → 1x6-pin PCIe adapter
• Brief user’s manual
• CD disk with drivers and utilities

The accessories are frugal but you can hardly expect something else from a $149 product, especially as there is everything necessary to install and use the card. Still, we guess the manufacturer might have included a DVI-I → HDMI adapter.

As usual, the included disc contains drivers, an electronic version of the user manual, a full version of the Fraps utility which is highly popular among gamers, and the exclusive EVGA Precision tool that can be used to overclock the graphics card and monitor its temperatures.

So, the quality and design of the card’s packaging are good overall, but the accessories might have been better. We guess such things as a DVI-I → HDMI adapter and S/PDIF cable would not have affected the price of the product much. That’s not a serious problem, however. And EVGA should be given credit for taking care about owners of older PSUs that don’t offer 6-pin power connectors for graphics cards.