 Outside box cover (front panel) |
 Outside box cover (back panel) |
Personally I really liked the professional appearance of the box that the card came in. Rather than go with the schizotypal packaging that is all too often seen in other video card companies, the colorful design of this box is clear and to the point. With a large, clear description and picture of the card on the outside front, it is easy to quickly see what the card’s abilities are, rather relying on cheesy graphics to attact attention.
As I mentioned in the first page of this review, there are 2 versions of the card, PCI and PCI Express. While the version I received was the PCI version, I can’t help but wonder what the differences might be for having a PCI Express version, other than an attempt to future-proof the card since the latest generations of motherboards are including more PCI Express and less PCI slots (reminding me a bit of where ISA was just a few years back). Looking on PowerColor’s site (www.power-color.com), I couldn’t find any other reason that would justify the need either.
Opening the box, I found more than a handful of items in the tightly pack space.
 First view of the card in the box |
 First view of the extras in the box |
As you can see in the pictures below, besides the card itself, inside the box I found a wireless remote with batteries and USB receiption module with mounting velcro, installation drivers and add-on software, FM antenna, A/V cable, instruction manual and dvd sampler from ATI.
 The package contents out on display |
 Remote control |
 USB Remote sensor |
 ATI A/V input dongle (top view) |
 ATI A/V input dongle (input view) |
 FM Tuner Antenna |
 Driver and “Add-on” software discs |
 ATI Demo DVD |
 Installation manual |
The add-on software consisted of CyberLink’s “Power” bundle software. Included on the disc were functional versions of PowerCinema, PowerDVD, PowerDirector SE+, Power Producer DVD, MediaShow SE, and Power2Go. At this point I felt this was a nice package grouping of hardware and software to help round out the card’s feature set. Unfortunately that feeling wouldn’t last too long once I start testing out the software, but I’ll get to that shortly.
