The packaging for the Sapphire video card comes showing the technical characteristics of the video card. Similar to the ASUS X1650XT, the box has a table that compares the operating frequencies of the Sapphire Radeon X1650XT to the NVIDIA 7600GT. The Sapphire X1650XT has a core clock of 600MHz and a 700MHz clock (1400MHz effective) for the 256Mbytes of GDDR3 memory, which again uses a 128-bit interface.

In addition to the instructional handbook and driver CD, the card also comes with PowerDVD 6 and a DVD version of “The Da Vinci Code” video game.

The accessory package is comprised of a component cable, an S-Video adapter, and two DVI-to-VGA adapters.

Sapphire uses a cooling solution that covers nearly the entire surface of the video card. The heatsink is copper and cools both the GPU and memory. The card, similar to the solution presented by HIS, doesn’t require auxiliary power.

As can be clearly seen in the photo, the video card is a single-slot solution. It also has two DVI ports, allowing for the use of multiple monitors, along with an S-Video out connector.