Quality control

Now that the video card is finished, it is thoroughly tested.



Every single produced card is run through several manual and several automated tests.



Here you can see a 3DMark2003 test on the second screen from left and on the other ones some Windows 2D tests.



To make sure, that the card will also work in cases where air flow is not as good or in high-temperature countries, the card is heated by a heater blower while it is running some tests.



What I found very interesting to see, is that every card is tested in a real motherboard with a real AGP/PCI-E slot.
This is the ultimate proof that even brand-new, never opened cards can, and most probably will have small scratches on their socket connectors.

Many users have asked on forums "My new video card has scratches on the connector, did they send me a refurbished one?" - Most probably no. Scratches on the connector are no reliable indicator if a video card has been used by another user before. What you should look for is dust around the cooler which builds up after some use.