GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB anti static

When I bought my EVGA 7600GT and 7900GS neither came in a anti static bag, both came in a hard clear plastic casing in the box.

I should been more specfic in my orginal question it came in polystyrene internal packaging ;only identical to the following youtube video (althrought this is not my upload) :
YouTube - Asus Geforce ENGTX460 1GB DirectCU TOP -- Unboxing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvx5l7nfPYk

Were all other reviews / video's of any Asus grahics cards come in anti static bags :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjYIs...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywVnBv_V1RUall

I just got that exact card the other day and no, mine was not in a bag nor was there any kind of wrapper on the box. It was very well packaged in the polystyrene though.

i find it hard to believe that polystyrene is anti static..

"polydimethylsiloxane-polystyrene-poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide block copolymers were synthesized as modifications of polystyrene. Antistatic property of these block copolymers was evaluated. Azo-containing polydimethylsiloxane was used as a macro-azo-initiator. Two-step radical polymerization process was applied here for the synthesis of the block copolymers. Styrene was polymerized in the first step, and then N,N-dimethylacrylamide was polymerized in the second step. The dimethyl amide groups in the block copolymers were changed to ammonium salts by a treatment with hydrochloric acid. These block copolymers were melt-blended with a commercial homo-polystyrene, and the blends were molded to plates by an ultramini-injection molding machine. For these plates, corona discharge property, triboelectrification voltages with cotton or polyamide cloth, and contact angle with water were measured. The plates showed excellent antistatic property while retaining their hydrophobic surface, when the poly(N,N-dimethylacrylamide ammonium salt) content was 10.5 or more weight percent."

http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200021/0000200021...

And thus the video card package was born LOL among more important things, im sure.  

LOL thanks Kcarring. Though that seems a expensive manufacturing process for packaging ; althrough I have no idea the cost incurr with anti static bags but becuase their so wide spread in the electronics industrial I am guessing not much. Probably me beenig paroid but can't see Asus cultivating or out sourcing the process for the packaging, but wft do I no only read one a breif abstract on one sience report from Japan.

Yesi agree, that response was more for humor than anything. It is amazing what is happening with plastics in the engineering community though, and it isn't uncommon for "commercial spinoffs" to occur shortly thereafter. Who ever thought, back in the 80's we'd be boiling water in a plastic kettle?! Plastics aren't what they used to be, that's for sure... and in most cases, I'd risk saying that once developed, polymers offer a cheaper route than mining for metals, in a lot of cases.

LOL also! AWESOME packaging! CUDA to that!