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The
Box:::...
Despite
their vast marketing experience it seems Crucial either
haven't, or don't want to, embark on a high profile advertising
campaign for their graphics products. Certainly in terms
of reviews it seems there are relatively very few of them
around the 'Net, and while I accept that this limited approach
has served their memory business well enough you can't help
but wonder how much better things could be if they raised
their graphics profile a little.
It
looks like the marketing and design teams did a bang up
job on the box however. No gangly extra-terrestrials or
advanced forms of anti-matter transport, just a clean, simple
but decidedly high-tech look that says all it needs to about
the product.
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Box
Front
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If
you have time to browse and your eye was taken by the front
of the box, flipping it over takes you on a trip into pure
geekery with all the more advanced stuff that you like to
recite to your mates when they ask what your new card can
do.
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Box
Rear
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The
box inside is split into two layers, the top layer featuring
some of the leads and drivers...
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Box
Upper Layer
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While
the lower layer held the card itself, S-Video cable, DVI/VGA
dongle
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Box
Lower Layer
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The
bundle is pretty much identical to the one we saw from Sapphire
which isn't really surprising considering :)
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The
Bundle
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There
are no bundled games which is not necessarily a bad thing
if they're duplicates and have pushed up the price but the
inclusion of DVD software is pretty essential today I feel
and it was good to find a copy of PowerDVD inside.
I'd
still like to see a few of the more impressive tech demos
on a bundled CD though. Not everyone has broadband and can
sit and download 100MB plus files just to see their what
their new baby can do whilethay're waiting for games to
take advantage of the features.
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