Packaging

The box for the 3050 Gaming X 8G sticks exactly with the same look as other current MSI Gaming X cards. It has a black background with a large picture of the card on the front and streaks of colors going from the card like it is at speed. MSI deserves credit for getting an actual card picture right up on front, too many companies hide a picture on the back or don’t let you know what the card looks like at all. They have the MSI Gaming dragon badge up in the top left corner and then on the bottom right it has the standard Nvidia wrap around with the RTX branding and the model name. Above that, they then put the card model aka the Gaming X brand. The back of the box expands on the picture from the front with one that focuses on the top half of the card including having an angle enough to see the top edge of the card. They list out five key features and each has a description. Then down on the bottom they have the Nvidia-based feature list. There is a specification listing but it only hits a few things. It still needs the card dimensions and the clock speeds which are the other two things that are helpful when comparing card to card of the same GPU.

When you open the box up there is a cardboard tray inside that slides out. This has an envelope sitting on top as well as a thin foam layer that you can pull off. Then under that, the 3050 Gaming X is inside of a static protective bag and sits in a thick foam tray cut to fit it. Inside of the envelope, you get the standard documentation pack. This includes a user guide and MSI’s dragon in a comic that shows you how to install your video card. They also have a card for their reward program and a card with info on other MSI products. The 3050 Gaming X doesn’t come with any of the crazy accessories that some of the MSI cards come with. But you get what you need so to speak with the card.