whats the difference?

[68falcon]

im buying an x800xl pci-e from newegg, one is oem the other is retail, according to the packaging info the only difference from the retail is that it contains and adapter which i wouldnt think i would need because the video card has both connections and i only have one monitor. the pictures show a difference but the descriptions dont other than the adapter. so what the difference other than the pretty box and the price difference

OEMOEM

Retail

 

[Mrvile]

With OEM you only get the video card and a CD with the drivers, nothing else (not even the box). With retail, you get the card, the drivers, a few games bundled in with it, the retail packaging, and a warranty. For video cards I usually like to go retail for the warranty, unless there's no other choice (or unless you save like 100 bucks going OEM).

 

[68falcon]

what games, the thing says bonus dvd

 

[Cheezeit]

For retail you w2ill get a fancy box and accesories and stuff, but OEm is just the item in a white box or something like that.