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PowerColor X800 GT Graphics Card Review: Worthy Competitor to NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT (page 2)

Category: Video

by Alexey Stepin

[ 09/30/2005 | 12:05 PM ]

Package and Accessories

PowerColor used to ship all its products in similarly designed boxes, but this time the package of the PowerColor X800 GT is quite different from what we’ve got used to see:

The typical “carbon fiber” pattern can still be spotted in the top part of the exterior packaging, but the rest of the surface now displays a colorful picture (a winged female creature that may be classified as a cyber-angel or something) and a brief description of the product. The name of the device is given in a typeface that looks somewhat more in the current fashion than before, in our opinion. A cardboard box with a few compartments is to be found inside the exterior package. The graphics card in an antistatic bag lies in the central compartment. A ProPack packet with CDs is placed nearby. The side compartments contain cables and adapters. The package is the same size as before, so it fits easily into a medium-sized bag, presenting no transportation-related problems before the buyer. The graphics card comes with the following accessories:

• DVI-I → D-Sub adapter
• S-Video → RCA adapter
• RCA cable
• S-Video cable
• User’s manual
• CD with drivers
• CyberLink CD (PowerDirector SE+, MediaShow SE, PowerDVD, PowerProducer DVD and Power2Go)
• Two CDs with Pacific Fighters

This is actually a standard set of accessories for any graphics card from PowerColor, save for entry-level models that come with another game included. They might have included a second DVI-I → D-Sub adapter, though, since the card is equipped with two DVI connectors. Apart from this trifle we have no complaints about the accessories. You don’t get any special gifts with a PowerColor X800 GT (and you shouldn’t have expected them considering the moderate pricing of PowerColor’s products), but you do get everything necessary to use the card.