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Packaging
From the front of the ZOTAC GTX 770 AMP! Edition box, there is a somewhat generic looking design. It has its shades of black and of course the ZOTAC yellowy-orange colouring to it in what appears to be an eye in the centre. The box itself is simplistic yet it gets all of the main features and attractions across such as its inclusion of the three Splinter Cell games in the top right corner as well as some of its main features such as 2GB of VRAM and DirectX 11 as well as its SLI support in the bottom left corner. Notably in the bottom right corner is the model which you are purchasing/looking at, and that is of course the GTX 770.
On the flip side, there is a paragraph which gives you that brief paragraph which is what ZOTAC have to say about the card and is also found in the introduction to this review. Other than the “Dual Silencer” depiction in the lower right hand side, which refers to the dual fan design which you will see shortly, there isn’t a lot to say about the back of the box. There is a black and orange sketch of the card itself with a “what is included?” in the box to sum up the bottom section of the packaging.
Within the outer shell lays a black box, which is something that I now consider to be a normal thing as every card that I’ve had so far seems to have one! The ZOTAC branding is printed on the front and the back of the box which is nothing more than adding branding to what is essentially their product container and not an awful lot more.
The innards of the container are well presented and clearly a bit of thought and care has gone into this one. There is a plastic shield over the top to prevent things from moving out of place, and although it is unlikely, it isn’t a bad thing as it also stops dust from settling underneath it. As you can see, the box has a lot of hard foam around to protect the card from knocks and bumps during shipment. I did find it a little strange to find that the card was presented without any antistatic bag but the foam (as far as I am aware) is antistatic anyway.
To finish off, we have the accessories to go through. The list of accessories is as follows:
DVI-to-VGA adapter
Dual MOLEX-to-6-pin PCIe adapter
Dual 6-pin to 8-pin PCI adapter
ZOTAC sticker
Driver Disk
User Manual
One thing I do find odd is the inclusion of a 2x 6pin PCIe to 1x 8pin PCIe. Who on earth would buy such a card and only have a PSU with 6pin plugs? Even 430 watt PSU models these days come with an 8pin and sometimes a 6pin PCIe cable too. Other than that, I have no qualms over the accessories and I find that anything more would be clutter and waste. However, the adapter cables on the other hand, at least to me, are a waste anyway. If you don’t have a PSU that is already capable of powering it, you really shouldn’t attempt to do so either.
