The graphics card with the hottest looks!

FreedomEclipse · Apr 17, 2017

The way it's meant to be grilled

ixi · Apr 17, 2017

P4-630 said:
Just don't forget to slap a fan or two on it when you start gaming....

There are two fans under heatsink

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Kanan · Apr 18, 2017

lyra said:
but in all seriousness this si so damn nice. i love the simplistic look. why did gainward stop making such beautiful cards

A friend of mine still sports a GTX 970 Phantom, very nice cards and the fans are easily removable/replacable.

RejZoR · Apr 18, 2017

FreedomEclipse said:
Was never a fan of Ruby. I just don't find short hair attractive

But she was a redhead so that's bunch of bonus points

Komshija · Apr 18, 2017

I like three-fan GPU's because they look very powerful and they usually are powerful. About three years ago when I first saw HD 7990, I was amazed. Two-fan GPU's can be also very nice, especially green team's Palit and Gainward models.

My candidates are Sapphire Nitro R9 Fury for the red team and Palit GTX 1080 Gamerock for the green team.

Red team:

Green team:

qubit · Apr 18, 2017

9700 Pro said:
Good old HD2900XT has been always one of my favourites. Also the flame textures are exactly hot-looking.

Yeah, that card looks awesome. My OP had a picture of it in fact, but the source is now long gone, so you can't see it.

I bought a 2900 Pro 1GB at the time and BIOS flashed it to a Pro. It could never compete with the 8800 GTX of course, but I ended up keeping it because of those hot looks and still have it today.

I actually got an 8800 GTX a few years later in a fire sale and could see the performance difference between them: like night and day.

I remember wowing all my friends with that 1GB RAM back in the day.

FreedomEclipse · Apr 18, 2017

RejZoR said:
But she was a redhead so that's bunch of bonus points

Normally yes, i like redheads too but with hair that short, she looked like a man.

Just my own opinion

Nuckles56 · Apr 18, 2017

I vote the sapphire nitro cards and also the XFX RX 480 GTR cards

qubit · Apr 18, 2017

FreedomEclipse said:
Normally yes, i like redheads too but with hair that short, she looked like a man.

Just my own opinion

+1 I don't like short hair either. I guess it was just easier to render.

RejZoR · Apr 18, 2017

Now that they have TressFX, they can make long haired Ruby. A lot of time has passed since then, surely her hair has grown quite a bit by now

Gasaraki · Apr 18, 2017

FreedomEclipse · Apr 18, 2017

qubit said:
+1 I don't like short hair either. I guess it was just easier to render.

I think Ruby was more of an ATi thing??? Ruby was Sapphire's mascot (or whatever)

There is however a video of Ruby with longer hair in existence dated back in 2013

Though I think this version of Ruby was killed off due to looking too much like Katarina from League Of legends and Sapphire just kind of faded into obscurity a little after that. Sapphire are still around but not everywhere as they used to be.

:EDIT::

Yup -- Katarina from LoL was added 2009-09-19

So i guess there was some secret talks between sapphire and Riot Games :laugh:

uuuaaaaaa · Apr 18, 2017

FreedomEclipse said:
I think Ruby was more of an ATi thing??? Ruby was Sapphire's mascot (or whatever)

There is however a video of Ruby with longer hair in existence dated back in 2013

Though I think this version of Ruby was killed off due to looking too much like Katarina from League Of legends and Sapphire just kind of faded into obscurity a little after that. Sapphire are still around but not everywhere as they used to be.

:EDIT::

Yup -- Katarina from LoL was added 2009-09-19

So i guess there was some secret talks between sapphire and Riot Games

Sexy Ruby!

dorsetknob · Apr 18, 2017

Guess the Beauty Spot on her cheek mutated and ruby developed a new better hotter face (Great Chin )

Keullo-e · Apr 18, 2017

FreedomEclipse said:
Was never a fan of Ruby. I just don't find short hair attractive

I liked, had a reference X1800XL 11 years ago.

biffzinker · Apr 19, 2017

9700 Pro said:
Also the flame textures are exactly hot-looking.

How about this Nvidia card then?

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jboydgolfer · Apr 19, 2017

peche said:
Agreed, and the most important thing, fully customization ! you can take cooler a part and give it a fresh color !
View attachment 86463
Or make it Black !

Regards,

Or

Keullo-e · Apr 19, 2017

jboydgolfer said:
Or

Well damn, that looks awesome! :toast:

Tho the reference cards have been looking cool since GTX680 even unmodded.

alucasa · Apr 19, 2017

Waiting for Hello Kitty GPU. I know one of you has to have it.

peche · Apr 19, 2017

jboydgolfer said:
Or

agreed, saw the video of the red ones i guess, decided to give a try on mine with a decent black color,

9700 Pro said:
Tho the reference cards have been looking cool since GTX680 even unmodded.

agreed, i have one, but it has no "GEFORCE GTX" led option

jboydgolfer · Apr 19, 2017

peche said:
saw the video of the red ones i guess

Yeah the black ones that you have look nice,it looks like a titan. The orange look isn't bad either. personally I like mute or earth type tones like that beige one I posted. I was thinking of going with a different design not just adding a modded color but also a textured color.

Like this, my wife painted some chairs this week with it & i like it.Notice the "bumpy" surface, imo- it would look baller

It would look great with a motherboard like this w/ notua fans

peche · Apr 19, 2017

jboydgolfer said:
Yeah the black ones that you have look nice,it looks like a titan. The orange look isn't bad either. personally I like mute or earth type tones like that beige one I posted. I was thinking of going with a different design not just adding a modded color but also a textured color.

Like this, my wife painted some chairs this week with it & i like it.Notice the "bumpy" surface, imo- it would look baller

orange ones does not look nice for me, i rather darker colors, if i decide to give another shoot to it will be blue... mine has white led...

jboydgolfer said:
It would look great with a motherboard like this w/ notua fans

waiting to see your sexy GTX 970 reference with a new beige texture!

jboydgolfer · Apr 19, 2017

peche said:
waiting to see your sexy GTX 970 reference with a new beige texture!

i have two, but i think ill try to find a replacement shroud if i decide to try it out, i dont think i have the nerve to paint my baby(ies) like that :rolleyes:

im a coward

peche · Apr 19, 2017

jboydgolfer said:
i have two, but i think ill try to find a replacement shroud if i decide to try it out, i dont think i have the nerve to paint my baby(ies) like that

im a coward

i did the same, then found nothing, decided to do it with mine, just watch some videos about it several times, then courage will come and save your day

Regards,

jboydgolfer · Apr 19, 2017

peche said:
i did the same, then found nothing, decided to do it with mine, just watch some videos about it several times, then courage will come and save your day

Regards,

Yeah I've seen those videos. I'm not scared to do it because I feel I don't know how ,I'm scared to do it because I love the look of the reference card and I'd hate to alter it :laugh:

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I've actually disassembled the cards entirely including the LEDs & the whole 9 yards. I could've done it then, but I just I love that reference look and I'm the kind a guy who has a giant room literally filled with unopened toys from his childhood. Maybe when They get older and I fall in love with different GPU, until then they're still my babies

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The graphics card with the hottest looks!

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

ixi

Kanan

Tech Enthusiast & Gamer

RejZoR

Komshija

qubit

Overclocked quantum bit

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

Nuckles56

qubit

Overclocked quantum bit

RejZoR

Gasaraki

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

uuuaaaaaa

dorsetknob

"YOUR RMA REQUEST IS CON-REFUSED"

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

biffzinker

jboydgolfer

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

alucasa

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

jboydgolfer

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

jboydgolfer

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

jboydgolfer

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