ASUS EAX1950 Crossfire Edition Video Card Review :: ASUS EAX1950 Crossfire Edition Bundle

• ASUS EAX1950 Crossfire Edition video card
• DVI to D-Sub adapter x2
• Component-out cable adapter
• 9-Pin S-Video to composite VIVO adapter
• S-Video Cable
• Composite cable
• Power cable
• Project Snowblind
• Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
• Driver CD

ASUS video cards have generally had extensive bundles with a selection of games and all the necessary hardware to fully use your new video card. The hardware bundle for the EAX1950 Crossfire Edition includes every cable you could possibly want including the Component-out cable adapter, a 9-Pin S-Video to composite VIVO adapter and the cables associated with them.

Hardware bundle

CD case+Manual

Game bundle

The game bundle is a lost art in today's video card bundles. The first 3D video card I ever purchased, a Diamond Monster 3D 3DFX Voodoo card came with 20 game demos and games, an amazing number considering that they all took advantage of the features of the new card (Glide). ASUS includes two full games with the EAX1950, Project Snowblind, and Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter. Project Snowblind is a filler game, but GRAW is an A-list title.

Vista driver shots

ATI releases new drivers every month or so, a feat which has amazed me as the drivers are an important part of any video card recommendation. The hiring of Terry Makedon and the focus of ATI on their drivers in 2002 has led to monthly driver releases. With the release of the Vista Operating System in January, ATI has two major OS's to support with their cards, XP and Vista. The Catalyst Control Center is their Control Panel applet, controlling all of the various settings. CCC has improved immensely over the early releases with near instantaneous load times compared to a few seconds prior to Vista driver Cat 7.1. The next release of the XP driver will also have the sped up CCC according to ATI.