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ATI Introduces DirectX 9 and PCI Express to Value Graphics Market: PowerColor X300SE Graphics Card Review (page 3)

Category: Video

by Alexey Stepin

[ 10/20/2004 | 04:34 PM ]

PowerColor X300 SE: First Impression

The package with the graphics card is of a decent size, rather:

The box resembles the package of the PowerColor X600 XT with blue changed for green in the color scheme. The tabs tell you some technical info like the graphics memory amount and the memory bus width. The rather large and easily readable label “64 Bit” won’t let you purchase a card with a cut-down memory bus without even knowing that. The back of the package describes the advantages of the product within in seven languages of this world. The package contents are:

• PowerColor X300 SE graphics card;
• Multi-lingual user manual;
• Drivers CD;
• 2 CDs with Hitman: Contracts;
• DVI-I-to-D-Sub adapter;
• S-Video-to-RCA adapter;
• S-Video cable;
• RCA cable.

This is a nice accessories pack for a budget product – there’s everything necessary, including a game. But the choice of the game is rather strange, as Hitman: Contracts demands a powerful graphics card to run well.