Packaging

When the Matrix Platinum came in, it was obvious that this isn’t any regular card. The size of the box along is more in line with the size of a full ATX motherboard than a video card, especially when sitting next to the R9 270X box that came along side of it. Of course it continues the standard Republic of Gaming color scheme and styling with a clean look on the cover with just the model and brand information. You can open up the cover to see the card itself inside of a window and on the back of the cover Asus has include more information on what makes the card special. They have five key features listed with each one having a small description under it as well as photos on the right to help explain them all.

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The back of the box has even more information including a complete specification listing as well as an awesome photo of the Matrix broken down by each of its layers showing a little of what it behind the cover. If nothing else I love that Asus has gone out of the way to include actual specifications and a real picture of the card, most manufactures save money by making their packaging as general as possible and miss out on these things.

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Inside the box, under the card itself that is wrapped in a foam casing, you have a box full of goodies. Inside you will get your user guide and a driver/manual disc. On top of that you have a Crossfire bridge and a DVI to HDMI adapter, both in bright colors. I would prefer to see the Crossfire Bridge in a black or red that would actually go with the card itself. You also get a ROG metal case badge and Diablo 3 mouse pad as well. It’s interesting to see that Asus didn’t hold back on the mouse pad and went with one from SteelSeries where most others would just go with the cheapest model possible, the colors on this are much brighter than what you see with the Intel Extreme mouse pads for example. The last two items you get are specifically for overclocking, you get VGA hotwire cables and a LN2 Mos Heatsink. Its interesting that they included the heatsink in the box as that is a small market, but it shows that the Matrix is focused on high end overclocking performance. This isn’t your dad R9 280X!

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garfi3ld replied the topic: #33121 14 Oct 2013 19:14
I hope everyone had a good weekend, to start this week off I take a look at Asus's flagship R9 280X. Enjoy!

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