BFG 8800GT OCX & 9600GT OCX Video Card Review

Packaging and Accessories

Both the 8800GT OCX and the 9600GT OCX come packaged in very plain looking black boxes which (unlike many others we have seen) offer a blissful amount of information on them. You may be used to seeing various macho characters portrayed on BFG boxes but since both these cards are bound for e-tailers, BFG leaves the usual flair off the covers.


The cards are protected in BFG’s usual packaging method of first wrapping the card in bubble-wrap and then enclosing the whole affair with a cardboard façade. There is some additional Styrofoam thrown in for good measure which makes this an extremely durable way to protect the cards from any damage.


Considering the price premium we are paying for these cards, it was somewhat expected that they would come with very well-rounded accessory packages. Unfortunately, all which was included were the usual adaptors which are included with the stock cards. What is really perplexing is the fact that there was no SPDIF cable included for the 9600GT considering the card itself has an SPDIF connector right on the PCB.

All in all we get the run-of-the-mill DVI to VGA dongles, a TV-out connector and a single Molex to 6-pin power adaptor. That’s it folks.


The rest of the bundle isn’t anything to write home about either with only the usual warranty information and technical instructions included. There is also a pair of BFG case badges and a driver CD with old drivers on it but that pretty much sums it up. All in all, we aren’t overly impressed with what BFG has included with these cards but let’s move onto the cards themselves.