This is the first motherboard we have received from the Palit company, which as mentioned before is based around the GeForce 8200 chipset which is designed for the mid-range to value end of the market. We get the board shipped to us in a box that tells us that board is of the micro ATX design, which seems to be the way most AMD boards are going these days. The front of the board contains the company logo as well as some logos of the board’s features and support.
Despite being budget oriented we would like to see in the age of information at least a small colour photo of the board on the back of the box so that you do know what you’re getting. It doesn’t matter how much you spend, you should be informed to what it is exactly you’re getting. There is however a bit of info on the board’s features and specs on the back, which should aid in your choice as to whether or not this board is for you.
The package that comes with the board is rather light; a user manual and driver CD are included that give you all the info on the board along with drivers for XP and Vista 32-bit and 64-bit variants. The drivers on the CD we were provided with were beta series ones, and the official driver should be out now if not any day soon, so keep in mind that our test results are preliminary.
