Bundle and Presentation
The box is oversized compared to most graphics card packaging, but it's the usual ASUS box size. The art is an evolution of what's come before from them, the detailing outlining exactly what you're buying. Like previous ASUS boxes, the box for the AX800PRO has a hinged flap to reveal a voyeuristic view of the card and some more information on the bundle and features.
ASUS have taken their previous efforts with graphics card bundles, both with late NVIDIA GeForce FXs and their Radeon 9800 boards, and advanced things just a little. GameFace - the application that lets you view your fellow gamers while playing your favourite title - and the video security application are both present and correct, ASUS rounding off the software bundle with a couple of recent games titles.
Getting the white inner box free from the outer shell reveals all. The games include Deus Ex: Invisible War and Counter Strike: Condition Zero, to satiate your action game desires. Both are pretty recent titles, ASUS keeping up with the times these days, lagging terribly with their games bundle supplied with graphics cards in the past.
You get a range of cables and adaptors to hook up display devices to the AX800PRO. Everything from simple S-Video and composite video output is catered for, even down to a component video cable for high-end televisions and video receivers.
Besides the manuals, there's one more defining part of the bundle and possibly the most interesting new addition, compared to older card sets.
With the lack of a video input on the card itself, the AX800PRO bundle circumvents that limitation by bundling a nifty USB webcam. Able to capture VGA video (640x480) at 30fps, the diminuitive ball-shaped cam has manual pan, scan and tilt via its base, with rudimentary manual focus available by rotating the lens assembly.
