The Gainward Golden Sample Package

Well, I guess it's time to crank open the package received from Gainward which includes the BLISS 7800 GS+ AGP Silent graphics card. The main part and weight of the package comes from the video card itself but next to that Gainward also includes some extra components. The box as we mentioned already before is quite nice and stylish, the Gainward graphics card on the other hand does look very impressive. So let's dig into the package and find out what Gainward has included.

You can say what you want but Gainward has certainly made a colorful package with their BLISS 7800 GS+ series. Next to the BLISS 7800 GS+ AGP graphics card you get some extra items in the package. These will come in handy when installing or finding out some more details on the video card itself and what you can expect from it.

Components

• Gainward BLISS 7800 GS+ AGP Board
• Gainward Quick Start Manual
• Gainward Driver Installation/Utilities CD
• 2x DVI to VGA Converted
• 6-pin "Y" Power Cable
• TV-out Cable (HDTV Support)
• Gainward muvee autoProducer 4
• CyberLink PowerDVD 5
• Gainward Free 2 Choose Voucher

What we discovered first in the box was the Quick Start Manual; this is a quite extensive small booklet that provides details on the installation of the card and the different tools delivered with the Gainward package. This Quick Start Manual is well designed and informative, with some focus as well on the technical details and references. But do you really care that much about such a manual when purchasing a graphics card? Where it comes down to is getting the card installed and enjoy the gaming performance.

Along came as well a voucher from Gainward to choose one free game from their website. Quite a nice feature from Gainward to leave the chose up to the buyer! Next to all that Gainward included as well a very decent software bundle, with the usual Driver CD. On top of that you also get a full version of CyberLink's PowerDVD 5 and Gainward's muvee autoProducer 4 software. Quite a nice addition to the already attractive package.

What else have we found? We found two cables, a 6-pin split power cable and an S-Video cable. The 6-pin molex split cable is very useful for those who ran out of power cables. Gainward has made sure that they are including it with their package. The S-Video cable with HDTV support is shielded which will add up to the image quality in the end. And lastly there are two DVI to VGA adapters. This might be useful when using a dual screen setup as the BLISS 7800 GS+ comes with a two DVI connections, and it might be that one of the screens only has a VGA interface. After having gone through all the accessories that came with the Gainward package it is time to have a look at the graphics card itself.

It all comes down to the fact that there is still a big market out there of users who are still working with an AGP based system. And since NVIDIA isn't the top performer on the AGP scale, it had to come with something to knock down the king of the hill. And that is the Radeon X850 XT card from ATI. By releasing a GeForce 7 based card they have done just that. However Gainward went just one step further and made sure they had something even better to please the audience and that by all means is the BLISS 7800 GS+ edition. It's time to dig deeper into this exciting piece of hardware!