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The
Box:::...
Okay,
so the box shots interest about one in a thousand of you
but admit it, when you're in the shop it's the packaging
that catches your eye first right? Well sometimes anyway.
Considering
the strong links between Sapphire and ATi they seem to use
the least ATi-like box designs of any of the big partners.
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The
Box
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Box
Product Details
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The
window gives a tempting look at what your money is buying
you. I'm not convinced anyone still buys into the whole
alien thing though, at least nobody who's been through puberty.
I understand the thinking behind high-tech imagery, the
chrome and the cables, the gears and the plasma trails that
so often adorn box fronts, but aliens? Isn't it all a little
cheesy?
I
do like the colour scheme though, mean and moody, just like
you hope the card will be. That's moody though, not temperamental.
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Box
Product Window
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Inside
the box you find pretty much the basics, but the basics
becomes more and more with every new generation. Actually
there's more than the basics here, I just happen consider
a good DVD software player like the supplied PowerDVD to
be a must, and the full version of Tomb Raider, Angel of
Darkness, while nice to look at and great for benchmarking,
is a rather ordinary game in every sense of the word that
shouldn't swing a purchase decision.
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The
Bundle
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The
bundle is comprehensive if not spectacular and all you're
likely to need is right there in the box. I think a copy
of the Ruby demo would be a really good inclusion with these
cards and give some idea what all that new technology brings
you.
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