Packaging

The box for the Sapphire Pulse 6500 XT was surprisingly small even when compared to the EVGA 3050 that I just took a look at last week. Sapphire didn’t waste any extra space on this one and I like that. The box has a black to dark grey background and in the top left corner, they have a white accent that is similar to the backplates that Sapphire has been designing for a while now. They have the Sapphire logo in that corner and also to the right along with the Pulse branding. The EKG-like zig zags that represent your pulse are integrated into the Pulse logo itself and also in the background. Then the bright red AMD wrap around looks huge on this small box but it also means the RX 6500 XT model name is easy to spot. Sapphire has the 1080p resolution focus up on the top along with the memory size which is 4 GB and that PCIe 4.0 is supported. They also slipped in a sticker letting us know this is an overclocked card as well. On the back, most of the space is filled up with AMDs red wrap which has the minimum system requirements listed out. Beyond that Sapphire has product specifications but then only the display outputs are listed. The card dimensions would be really helpful and the clock speeds would be nice as well. Also interesting here is the newer Sapphire logo is up in the top corner but the older logo is down in the bottom right as well as on the tamper stickers.

Inside, there is a brown box that pulls out which is the main structure for everything. That box has the card inside wrapped in a static protective bubble wrap bag. Then they have some cardboard and foam used to fill in the gaps to keep everything tight and not moving around. Beyond the card itself, there aren’t any accessories other than plugs in the display connections to keep them clean. There is a small quick installation guide included and a paper with contact information for Sapphire for documentation.