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EVGA decided to go the minimalist approach with their bundle on the EVGA GeForce GTS 250 card. This allows them to save on costs and bring the price down for the end user. The card comes with a single DVI-VGA adapter, a PCIe to Molex adapter for PSUs without the requisite power cord. The Driver CD contains EVGA's Precision Tweaker and the latest drivers from when the card was manufactured. Precision Tweaker allows ultimate control over your cards fan speeds and monitors the cards heat and settings.  Test Settings EVGA offers a 1 year warranty on their video cards that end with the TR suffix as this one does. This warranty will be extended to 2 years if you register the card within 30 days of purchasing the card. You must register the card within 30 days to take advantage of the 1+1 warranty program. If you modify the original card, it must be returned to the original condition before an RMA can be given. EVGA offers their world famous Step-Up program for new purchasers. This allows the purchaser the ability to buy a better video card within 90 days. This is a good policy for those wanting to upgrade to a faster card but want to put off purchasing it for a couple of months as you get full credit for what you paid on your card.  Default clock speeds  Idle temperature  Stress temperature  Max overclock Overclocking on the EVGA card proved to be spectacular. The default clock speed of the card is 756MHz for the core, 1836MHz for the Shader and 2200MHz for the memory. With EVGA's Precision Tweaker utility I was able to overclock the card to 948MHz for the core, 2302MHz for the Shader clock and the memory was set to default at 2200MHz effective. HW Monitor recorded a temperature of 48C maximum even at that high an overclock. While running 3DMark Vantage Extreme, I recorded a temperature of 75C with that clock speed but no visual artifacts or crashing occurred. This is excellent overclocking.  Box  Contents Contents: 
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