Package and Accessories

Notwithstanding the revolutionary name, the packaging of the described product does not try to impress you with some extraordinary design. The card comes to retail in a rather large box made from thick glossy cardboard and painted dark red. A picture of a frobot - frog in armor - is on the face side of the box. Not the best emblem choice, in our opinion.

The text on the box mentions the type of the card’s graphics memory but does not indicate its amount quite correctly. The card indeed carries 2 gigabytes of graphics memory on board, but 3D applications can only use half of the total amount, i.e. 1 gigabyte, due to the dual-processor design. This is quite enough for any modern game, though. Besides, there is a mention of the card’s native support for HDMI and DisplayPort.

The box does not have a carry handle, which is a problem considering its size, but its protective properties are good. Inside the box there is a foam-rubber container with a cap. The graphics card is securely fixed within the container. Its rather scanty accessories are placed in the small grooves nearby.

Besides the Revolution 700 Deluxe, the box contains:

• Brief installation instructions;
• HDMI → DVI-D adapter;
• 6-pin PCIe → 8-pin PCIe adapter;
• Flexible CrossFire bridge;
• CD disk with drivers.

The accessories are too few for a product that claims to be exceptional. The included power adapter is not standard even. It uses one connector of each type but the maximum load capacity of the 6-pin connector is only 75 watts whereas the 8-pin connector of the Radeon HD 4870 X2 has a load of over 140 watts. Practice suggests that 6-pin power connectors can work under higher loads than those they are rated for, but there is no good in pushing them beyond the limit. Again, it is especially sad since the Palit Revolution 700 Deluxe claims to be an exceptional product.

So, there seems to be no revolution at first sight: the packaging and accessories of the Palit Revolution 700 Deluxe might be better. On the other hand, these factors are unimportant for a top-performance graphics card, so let’s see what else it can offer us.