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The HIS 5830 is supplied in the same tall, thin box as the HIS 5850.
Once again the packaging is branded with graphics related to the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 game that is bundled with the HIS 5830 iCooler V Turbo. The only visible difference being the model number of the card inside.
The back of the package contains information pertaining to graphics standards that the card supports such as Shader Model 5.0, DX 11, HDMI, OPEN CL and OpenGL 3.2.
After removing the contents from the packaging we find all the required goodies needed to get us up and running. There is the disc containing the drivers for our 5830 as well as the product manual in PDF format. There is a Crossfire Bridge, 1 DVI/VGA adapter, 2 Molex to 6 pin PCI-e cables and of course the coupon for the free digital Steam version of COD MW2. COD MW2 is a good quality game and makes a nice addition when included as part of a product bundle. In some cases this free game may even be the deciding factor in a purchasing decision.
Located under these initial items we find the HIS 5830 graphics card. Once again COD MW2 is the main area of focus when we look at the molded shroud that covers the heatsink.
The card features a blue 9 blade center mounted fan that will distribute air over the entire surface of the heatsink, and thanks to the vented portion of the face plate some of the hot air will be expelled out the rear of the chassis.
As we move along we have the two 6pin power inputs which follows the reference design. We will require 2 PCI-e 6 pin cables to provide the power necessary to run our card.
This image shows us where the fan connects to the PCB to get power and also gives us a peek at the heatsink used to cool the 5830. We can see that this extends almost the entire length of the card and should provide more then adequate cooling.
The HIS 5830 comes with 2 DVI dual link ports, an HDMI port as well as 1 Display Port connection. The Display Port is currently a requirement if we want to expand to a multiple display Eyefinity setup using 3 or more displays.
