Packaging Part 1

The GTS 250 "Deep Green" video card from Gainward comes in a stylish designed outer protective box, themed blue/black. On its frontal part we can see a man with big wings, a large Gainward logo, the "Compatible with Windows 7 logo", the Deep Green logo, which tells us that this card was specifically designed for low power consumption, the name of the card, its memory size and type; also on the frontal part we can see the Nvidia SLI Ready logo ( the board does not feature a SLI hardware connector, but it would work successfully via software SLI ), the Nvidia GeForce CUDA logo, the PhysX and GeForce 3D Vision Ready logos:

On one of the package laterals, we can see the technologies supported, along with the EXPERTool software provided free by Gainward:

On the opposite side of the box, we can find a little sticker, which tells us the full video card name and some serial numbers:

On the back of the box, we get to see some Nvidia technologies explanations, the recommended system requirements; on the right part we can see what do we need to build a SLI setup:

When we first open up the box, we can see that its insides are split in two, one which holds the accessories and the other one with the card:

Besides the card which is wrapped in a red plastic protective bag with bubbles, in the package we can also see a Quick Start Manual, a PCI-E power adapter, a HDMI audio adapter and CD with drivers along with the EXPERTool utility:

The quick start manual tells us exactly how to install the board in the computer and install the drivers:

The video card has a plastic frame that covers most of the PCB and holds the fan in place:

The fan has a Gainward logo on it, the same color as the plastic frame and blows cool air onto the GPU heatsink:

The GPU heatsink not only cools the graphics chip, but also the onboard DDR3 memory, which has thermal pads applied on it: