EVGA 9800 GTX+ 512MB Video Card Review

Packaging and Accessories

If you like lime green then you will love this packaging design since the green just oozes from it. Not only will it catch your eye in a store but EVGA has used the space very well by conveying all of the necessary information (complete specifications, clock speeds, warranty information, etc.) while being constrained by a relatively small amount of space.


We all know that companies needed to quickly implement the 9800 GTX+ and here we have another indication of this. EVGA basically stuck a “+” sticker to their standard 9800 GTX packaging and called it a day. This doesn’t really bother us since I am sure it saved money in the short term but it can also cause an inattentive consumer to mix up similar looking boxes which actually hold different products.

While the box itself may be small, the way EVGA protects their cards against damage is absolutely top-notch. The card is suspended in a hard plastic blister pack to make sure it arrives in one piece and let me tell you; this packaging saved this card’s life as you can see by the dents in the plastic.


Since this is a stock-clocked card without any bangs or whistles, we weren’t expecting much from the accessory package and we were spot on. You get the basics with some standard documentation, a driver CD, some case stickers, a Molex to PCI-E adaptor and a TV-Out connector. The only other thing you get which isn’t pictured is a single DVI to VGA adaptor. Even though the 9800 GTX+ has the capability to output high definition audio with an S/PDIF cable, EVGA has chosen not to include one with their reference card.