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ASUS packages the MATRIX card in a totally black box. The front cover of the box has a superhero looking out over the city. The Republic Of Gamer’s logo is on the top left hand corner of the box. “I Rule My Game” is the slogan below the name of the card. The backside of the box has a list of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 features and ASUS specific features along with a detailed description of each. The inner flap has descriptions of the main features of this ASUS card as well.  Box Flap open  Box rear  Card in box  Card outside box Opening the box we find that ASUS has packaged a second inner box inside the outer box. Inside the liner box are two smaller boxes one with the CDs (Driver and Manual CD), the other with the included accessories for the card. The card comes with a DVI to HDMI adapter, a DVI to VGA adapter to allow users to use this card with HDMI monitors and VGA analog monitors if they need to.  Bundle  Driver CD  iTracker  Gamer OSD NVIDIA has taken to releasing a new driver every month or so, matching their competition in the form of ATI. The latest NVIDIA driver is the Forceware 130.38 drivers which were released recently. Their constant driver updates are a welcome change from the “every few months release a driver when an application needs it” mentality of a few years ago.  3D settings with preview  PhysX  Overclocked ASUS includes iTracker which is a real-time overclocking tool with their Driver CD. You can manually adjust the clock speeds for the memory, core, voltages, and Shader clocks. The maximum core speed using this utility is 800MHz, but of course the card maxed out at about 735MHz, with 800MHz being unstable. The card by default is not as fast as other cards, but when a benchmark is run it is as fast or faster due to its Super Hybrid Engine ramping up clock speeds under load. Contents: 
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