Quality packaging

[RobinGopher]

Several of the RTX cards including FE versions seem to come in very elaborate quality packaging. A reasonable level of attention to detail in packaging goes a long way I think in your initial feelings about a product as well as how well it will travel.

So I think its safe to say the packaging for the Gigabyte Vison 3070 OC I opened yesterday was somewhat surprising and seems to be the same for all Vision cards going by Youtube. We have a colourful sleeve, over a plain box with a piece of foam covering a card in an anti-static bag set into another piece of foam. No security seals on the sleeve or the box, so someone in a warehouse could easily swap a few cards for bricks, no shiny but pointless warranty card, no case sticker that I noticed. Possibly the plainest packaging I have seen for a retail boxed piece of computing hardware I have ever seen. And I normally buy brands like Powercolour/Color3D.

I think the most generous you could be would be to call it adequate.

 

[Toxile]

The most pointless thread of the year award goes to.........

 

[RobinGopher]

It is no more pointless than "look at my rig full of RGB vomit" I just found it interesting that a card closer to the top of the tier had such dull packaging compared to some of the others when the "Unboxing Experience" is supposedly a THING these days. If you don't fair enough, plain brown boxes for you it is

 

[Wrinkly]

It is no more pointless than "look at my rig full of RGB vomit"

 

[rare]

I agree the lack of security seals is a concern. It should be a minimum on something worth so much.

 

[montymint]

I agree the lack of security seals is a concern. It should be a minimum on something worth so much.

I've noticed this a lot on motherboards

 

[varkanoid]

a non visual unboxing thread, ugh hate the unboxing vids at the best of times.

 

[Doobedoo]

Can’t say I’ve ever cared about packaging beyond is it damaged and does it work. If it’s a no then yes I couldn’t give a monkeys about missing shiney on the outside of a box.

 

[pp111]

Several of the RTX cards including FE versions seem to come in very elaborate quality packaging. A reasonable level of attention to detail in packaging goes a long way I think in your initial feelings about a product as well as how well it will travel.

So I think its safe to say the packaging for the Gigabyte Vison 3070 OC I opened yesterday was somewhat surprising and seems to be the same for all Vision cards going by Youtube. We have a colourful sleeve, over a plain box with a piece of foam covering a card in an anti-static bag set into another piece of foam. No security seals on the sleeve or the box, so someone in a warehouse could easily swap a few cards for bricks, no shiny but pointless warranty card, no case sticker that I noticed. Possibly the plainest packaging I have seen for a retail boxed piece of computing hardware I have ever seen. And I normally buy brands like Powercolour/Color3D.

I think the most generous you could be would be to call it adequate.

TBH if I could get one right now I wouldn't care if it came in a crumpled paper bag. But normally, massive shortages aside, sure the packing does leave an impression. BUUT the Gigabyte Visions are based on the budget models of the cards. If you want deluxe foam you have to get the Aorus

 

[RobinGopher]

Oh I was chuffed to get one despite the price being close to 3080FE territory, my biggest downer is really the lack of tamper proof tape. It just seems weird for something this price that I'm so used to fighting of as I'm one of those weirdoes who likes to keep the box intact and tear free. Plus I like to be able to tell if someone else has been in there before, if this was a return, I would never know. Although a bonus of stock level like this is a return mixed in with a batch of at least 50 cards that sold in a few hours is quite unlikely.