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Old Jan 26, 2010, 12:55 PM   #1
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The graphics card with the hottest looks?

This is a not too serious thread on which card or cards you think look the hottest/meanest/baddest. It's got nothing to do with the actual performance of the card and can go back as many generations as you like.

My personal favourites are the HD 2900 XT & 9800 GX2.

The 2900 has a good-looking, translucent red cooler and has that great flame design on it. The GX2 has a real heavyweight, brute force look to it, which reflected it's awesome performance at the time.

EDIT: As everyone is posting pictures, I thought it only proper to post mine too.




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the 5870, it looks like the batmobile when viewed from the right angle.

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Old Jan 26, 2010, 01:18 PM   #3
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Sapphire HD 5870 Vapor-X,Asus EAH4890,Asus Mars,Asus GTX 285 Matrix,HIS HD4870 IceQ4 ...maybe MSI Twin Frozer GTX275/285.
As for reference design the 5970 wins by quite a bit
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Old Jan 26, 2010, 01:52 PM   #4
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There is little style however with the 5 series cards, now my card has some style!
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Old Jan 26, 2010, 02:19 PM   #5
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i've seen many , but for some reason i like this one : http://www.techpowerup.org/uploaded....26/1655780.jpg
It's a GTX285
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Old Jan 26, 2010, 02:21 PM   #6
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the ASUS matrix 285.



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There are some Nice looking GFX card [specially from Asus] that pop out every now and then, but the main two i always liked are:

ASUS EAH4870


ATI radeon X1900's
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Old Jan 26, 2010, 04:34 PM   #8
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Until the graphics cards look like...



I will not be impressed by looks alone.
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ummm, the 8800GTX Leviathan

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The EVGA GTX 285 Classified and 5870/5970 tie as my choice for the top looker. I love cards with backplates on them, plus the whole matte black finish with red accents looks killer.

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Old Jan 27, 2010, 12:54 AM   #11
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Until the graphics cards look like...

http://www.complex.com/blogs/wp-cont...09/06/36r1.jpg

I will not be impressed by looks alone.
OMG Binge are you trying to make me lose control?! <Qubit struggles to prevent turning into a quivering mass of jelly> She's smokin' !

I think you may have a point there....
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Old Jan 27, 2010, 01:04 AM   #12
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blonde is not too sexy,luckily!
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Certainly the Batmobile and the Asus Matrix.
The HIS IceQ3/4 also looks damn hot.
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I need a graphics card with Binge's Blonde's piccie on, in fact tell me who she is and I'll print one off and glue it to me damn card!
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The future of graphics cards will be a 4x3 LCD that lets you upload and display whatever design you want on it.

But before that, they will make them all-white so that you can draw your own design.
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Old Jan 27, 2010, 08:35 AM   #16
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I need a graphics card with Binge's Blonde's piccie on, in fact tell me who she is and I'll print one of and glue it to me damn card!
I'm in love with the hot Sapphire babe. They had a couple of cards with her on and I almost bought them just for her! I think one was a 3870. There's a full-on picture on the box too. <gasps>
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DUH

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With 4 cards packed in like that, all I can think of is... overheating.
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57xx/58xx/59xx series cards look pretty damn awesome as stock cards go.

Gotta say i like the look of the 8800GTX Leviathan too.

EDIT: almost forgot....

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Asus EAH 4890 with SUPERML cap.



I've a bias as I've got one at the moment, but god-damn for a stock cooler its a beauty.

Having taking it a part even teh engineering is beautiful in a way, a lot of work went into the cooler.
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Its a monster but i like it

Gainward 4870X2 GS GLH
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Asus EAH 4890 with SUPERML cap.

http://www.benchmark.pl/uploads/imag...90_3_large.jpg

I've a bias as I've got one at the moment, but god-damn for a stock cooler its a beauty.

Having taking it a part even teh engineering is beautiful in a way, a lot of work went into the cooler.
Got to agree, if I got any 4890, that would have been the one.
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Got to agree, if I got any 4890, that would have been the one.
Fans still noisy though on the Anus...... It's whisper quiet on the toxic, and the GPU is better binned Cosmetics aside of course because it does look a mean muvvaa!
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Fans still noisy though on the Anus......
yeah mine can be noisy too ahahahah
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I like this one ...

ASUS EAH4870x2 Tri-Fan Edition ...


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