First Look

The package I was sent was pretty much OEM style packaging, plain white box with some black plastic wrapping straps. Opening up the box you have the card itself, wrapped nicely in static proof packaging to prevent any damage to the electrical components of the card. The package also contained a manual and a card specification sheet.

Once taking out the card from the packaging I got a closer look at the card. ATI’s typical racing red PCB, and a Powercolor cooler on top of the core, no RAM sinks, but that is expected from a card from this price range.

I was surprised to see no extra molex power slot on this board, as a lot of PCIe cards require their own power source straight from the PSU. Therefore anyone who wants a card that doesn’t require much power, or simply has a low powered PSU should consider this card.

Here we have the Digital (DVI) and Analogue video outputs, and the S-video connector