Bundle and warranty
Talk about being heavy on colours. Point of View matches XFX and
Inno3D in offering the cool-looking Far Cry 2 (full version)
in the bundle but then also adds its usual title, Brothers In Arms:
Hell's Highway.
We're particularly pleased with the addition of Far Cry 2 because it
pushes a card of this ilk to the limit, and Brothers In Arms: HH is
pretty good to boot.
The fact that it's the 216-core edition, dubbed Premium, is clearly
illustrated on the box.
The back contains the usual specification bumf, however.
| Items | Quick-install guide Driver CD DVI-to-VGA dongle DVI-to-HDMI dongle S/PDIF cable Far Cry 2 DVD Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway DVD 6-pin PCI to dual-Molex connector HDTV cabling |
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The bundle is thorough and includes both a S/PDIF cable and an HDMI
dongle, permitting audio and video passthrough using just one cable -
handy if playing on a TV, for example.
Two top-rated games make this one of the better bundles around, and the
current asking price of £218, whilst not the cheapest, offers
value when everything is taken into account.
The same bundle is available on POV's GeForce GTX 280 card, we note.
Warranty
The package is supplied with a two-year warranty that's based on the card's serial number, intimating that it starts when it is shipped out of the factory. The warranty is transferable, should it be sold on, and whilst the retailer that you purchased it from may swap-out defective cards.
Point of View has a European headquarters in Eindhoven, Holland, and that's where RMAs need to be sent to if you have no joy from the (r)etailer you purchased from, should matters go awry.
However, after visiting the site, the support page is a little light - we couldn't find a telephone number to call for support, and good old seems to be the only way to touch base.
