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Review: HIS Excalibur Platinum Radeon 9600

by Ryszard Sommefeldt on 14 August 2004, 00:00

Tags: AMD (NYSE:AMD), ATi Technologies (NYSE:AMD), HiS Graphics

Quick Link: HEXUS.net/qazb

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Bundle and Presentation

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Much like the board itself, the box is small. Emblazoned on the box is some tasteful art and all the main features are covered. Two DVI ports, AGP8X, Radeon 9600 and 256MB; it's all there.

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The box rear regurgitates some ATI specification lists and has a stab at multi-language translations for it all. While it's a small point, and I'd imagine it shouldn't make any real difference to sales, but bar the dual-DVI sticker there's not much that stands out and grabs you presentation wise, enticing you into a purchase. No mechanical animal of some sort, no scantily clad anime babe, no come-and-buy-me-now-before-I-rip-your-testicles-off man toting a large weapon.

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The bundle is similarly restrained. Bar some old games titles, a copy of 3D-Album and a driver CD, there's nothing of real note. Those items aside, you only get a single DVI-to-VGA adaptor and an S-Video cable for the TV-out functionality.

A pair of DVI adaptors would have been nice, but then HIS sell a single DVI version, so their dual-DVI part is definitely aimed at the user with two LCDs.