Packaging and Accessories

Without a doubt the packaging of this card is flashy in the extreme with Palit’s bazooka-toting frog taking front and center stage. It has been a while since we have seen a unique packaging scheme used with a graphics card and this one takes a bit of a different turn as opposed to most others on the market since two of the sides are slightly beveled.


The interior of the box doesn’t really show us anything different from what we have seen literally a million times before. The card is protected very well against any bumps it may receive while winging its way towards your open arms by a form-fitting cardboard case along with an inner sleeve of bubble wrap.


The accessory bundle which comes with the Palit HD4870 is complete but not overly generous. You get the usual Crossfire bridge, a RGB “HDTV” out connector, a DVI to VGA dongle, a Molex to PCI-E adaptor and finally a DVI to HDMI connector.

Kudos has to go to the folks at Palit for including the aforementioned DVI to HDMI adaptor since we have been told by ATI that the manufacturers are not obligated to include this dongle along with their packaging. Unfortunately, since it is not deemed necessary by ATI, we can see the possibility of some manufacturers skipping out on this dongle for the simple reason of shaving a few bucks off their bottom line. While we can confirm that the Palit HD4870 will indeed ship with this accessory we cannot say exactly which manufacturers will follow their lead. Thus, we recommend that you check the accessory package of the card you are interested in before purchase if this connector is important to you.