The graphics card with the hottest looks!

qubit · Jan 26, 2010

This is a not-too-serious thread about 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 hot-looking, translucent red cooler with that great flame design on it. The GX2 has a real heavyweight, brute force look to it, which is justified by its awesome performance.

AMD HD 2900 XT

NVIDIA 9800 GX2

BarbaricSoul · Jan 26, 2010

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

Fishymachine · Jan 26, 2010

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

Tatty_Two · Jan 26, 2010

There is little style however with the 5 series cards, now my card has some style! :rockout:

werez · Jan 26, 2010

i've seen many , but for some reason i like this one : http://www.techpowerup.org/uploaded.php?file=100126/1655780.jpg
It's a GTX285

kyle2020 · Jan 26, 2010

the ASUS matrix 285.

hot damn.

warup89 · Jan 26, 2010

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

Binge · Jan 26, 2010

Until the graphics cards look like...

I will not be impressed by looks alone.

KainXS · Jan 26, 2010

ummm, the 8800GTX Leviathan

Soylent Joe · Jan 27, 2010

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.

qubit · Jan 27, 2010

Binge said:
Until the graphics cards look like...

http://www.complex.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/36r1.jpg

I will not be impressed by looks alone.

OMG Binge are you trying to make me lose control?! :eek:

<Qubit struggles to prevent turning into a quivering mass of jelly> She's smokin' !

I think you may have a point there....

Velvet Wafer · Jan 27, 2010

blonde is not too sexy,luckily!

Zubasa · Jan 27, 2010

Certainly the Batmobile and the Asus Matrix.
The HIS IceQ3/4 also looks damn hot.

Tatty_Two · Jan 27, 2010

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! :eek:

DirectorC · Jan 27, 2010

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.

qubit · Jan 27, 2010

Tatty_One said:
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! :laugh:

I think one was a 3870. There's a full-on picture on the box too. <gasps>

shevanel · Jan 27, 2010

DUH

qubit · Jan 27, 2010

shevanel said:
DUH

http://img.techpowerup.org/100127/gtx295X4ATI.jpg

With 4 cards packed in like that, all I can think of is... overheating. :eek:

wolf · Jan 27, 2010

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....

pantherx12 · Jan 27, 2010

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.

Melvis · Jan 27, 2010

Its a monster but i like it

Gainward 4870X2 GS GLH

1Kurgan1 · Jan 27, 2010

pantherx12 said:
Asus EAH 4890 with SUPERML cap.

http://www.benchmark.pl/uploads/image/asus_4890_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.

Tatty_Two · Jan 27, 2010

1Kurgan1 said:
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!

wolf · Jan 27, 2010

Tatty_One said:
Fans still noisy though on the Anus......

yeah mine can be noisy too ahahahah :toast:

afw · Jan 27, 2010

I like this one ...

ASUS EAH4870x2 Tri-Fan Edition ... :pimp:

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Processor	i7-2700K
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z68X-UD3H-B3
Cooling	Chicken Stock
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Video Card(s)	Sapphire 5850
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Case	Antec NSK-4482 Orangified
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Power Supply	Corsair TX750W
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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-HD3
Cooling	Thermalright Macho V2
Memory	24GB DDR3, 1400MHZ CL8
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Processor	Ryzen 9800X3D
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Cooling	Scythe Fuma 2
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Cooling	Noctua U9S Twin Fan\| Stock Cooler, Copper Core)\| Big shairkan B
Memory	2x8GB DDR4 G.Skill Ripjaws 3600MHz\| 2x8GB Corsair 3000 \| 6x2GB DDR3 1300 Corsair
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Keyboard	Logitech G901 \| Logitech G105
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