PowerColor X800 GT Xtreme 256MB Bundle
The PowerColor X800 GT Xtreme 256MB box packaging only differs from the regular version by having an Xtreme sticker. As you would expect, it highlights the fact that this card uses faster GDDR3 memory.
The box art at the back, however, is identical to the X800 GT's.
The accompanying bundle usually reflects just how big a certain company is. The larger volume sellers derive economies of scale from their size, thus allowing for deluxe multi-CD bundles with even low-end cards. ASUS and MSI spring to mind. PowerColor has its bundle agreements with CyberLink and Ubisoft, who bundle in Pacific Fighters. It's a genuinely decent flight-sim title and not a mere afterthought. Hardware-wise, it's all very predictable, with 6-foot-long RCA and S-Video cables, as well as a converter between the two. An HDTV connections box would have been nice, though. The installation CD contained only a set of ATI's CATALYST 5.7 drivers and DirectX 9.0c. No overclocking tool was present.
Speaking of CyberLink, PowerColor adds in a multi-utility suite, comprising of PowerDVD 5.0, Power2Go 3, a media-burning program, PowerProducer Gold 2, useful for home-video users who need an easy-to-use program to convert/burn video and photos on to CD/DVD. PowerDirector 3, the common video-editing software, is kind of wasted here as the card doesn't not feature ATI's Rage Theater ASIC. You can see it's a generic bundle that PowerColor includes with all its latest video cards.
It's of little surprise that the bundle on the Xtreme version is virtually identical to the basic card's. All that's changed, then, is the use of a factory BIOS that raises the core speed to 500MHz from the default 475MHz, and, hardware-wise, the use of faster Samsung RAM.
