The package - The package is designed In creative's black house-style. When we take a look at the software package then we have nothing to complain about, inserted was of course a driver-cd with all the necessaries, and a CD-ROM with a full version of Incoming Forces and E-Racer.

When you take a closer look at the GeForce3 You'll notice that this card  is almost an exact replica of NVIDIA's reference design. Actually, it has been rumored that mainboard manufacturer MSI might be manufacturing these videocard for Creative Labs as sub-contractor. Of course there is an easy way to proof that, let's fire up PowerStrip:
 

Well, that problem was solved easily .. MicroStar 8822, so head on over to here: StarForce 822 (MS-8822) and you'll notice that both cards are (hardware wise) identical. The 3D Blaster is in fact a StarForce 822 (MS-8822) with just another box and software pack. Of course Creative Labs never denied this, they admitted from day one that they'd be using a subcontractor for the videocard production, however they never confirmed who was that subcontractor. Now you know.