The graphics card with the hottest looks!

xxdozer322 · Oct 13, 2012

i have to say, this card is sexier in person, Gigabyte, Msi, and Asus make some swweettt looking 570s/580s, but the blue pcb is what i loooooveeee

Shou Miko · Oct 13, 2012

xBruce88x said:
i still think this is the best OEM/Ref design I've seen

http://www.ubergizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/GeForce_GTX_690_3qtr.jpg

i can only agree with that, it's the best OEM/ref design i have seen from Nvidia ^^

Anarchy0110 · Oct 13, 2012

It's been years, but I still love this card

qubit · Oct 13, 2012

Faith[ROG].Anarchy said:
http://extreme.pcgameshardware.de/a...trix-series-asus_matrix_radeon_hd_4850_01.jpg
It's been years, but I still love this card

That is indeed a hot looking card.

What model is it?

eidairaman1 · Oct 13, 2012

En9800gt matrix

_JP_ · Oct 13, 2012

qubit said:
that is indeed a hot looking card. what model is it?

asus eah4850 matrix/htdi/512m.

Anarchy0110 · Oct 14, 2012

qubit said:
That is indeed a hot looking card. What model is it?

Yep. The HD4850 Matrix by Asus

xBruce88x · Oct 14, 2012

robal said:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/22/Dstealth32.jpg

Nothing can compete with "Very Long Bus"...

I couldn't see the image so I dug it up in google... slightly different link now.

I know its a bit of an old post, but hey its a cool card :cool:

GSquadron · Oct 14, 2012

Loved this card

And lol! That asus before had the link written up hd4850-matrix-series-asus_matrix_radeon on xibit labs

Liquid Cool · Oct 14, 2012

Thought for sure I'd have one of those VLB's out in the garage...nope. Went out there specifically to take a look. Just a bunch of smaller cards that say 'Trident' on them.

I swear my mind is slipping...I looked at the 486 DX2's out there and thought to myself...there's no way in hades I can remember how to set one of these old rigs up.

Did find a complete rig that I set up back in 1991 or 1992 and hadn't touched since.

Best,

LC

jgunning · Oct 14, 2012

Norton said:
Fresh from NewEgg and the UPS guy

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=45848&d=1329882961

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=45849&d=1329882988

Exceptional card!I have the same one!and it looks sweet.and has an awesome name.."Hawk!" :rockout:

Norton · Oct 14, 2012

jgunning said:
Exceptional card!I have the same one!and it looks sweet.and has an awesome name.."Hawk!"

Great card one of the best I've owned :toast:

Pics of yours?

xBruce88x · Oct 15, 2012

Liquid Cool said:
Thought for sure I'd have one of those VLB's out in the garage...nope. Went out there specifically to take a look. Just a bunch of smaller cards that say 'Trident' on them.

I swear my mind is slipping...I looked at the 486 DX2's out there and thought to myself...there's no way in hades I can remember how to set one of these old rigs up.

Did find a complete rig that I set up back in 1991 or 1992 and hadn't touched since.

Best,

LC

i built one as recent as 2006. I might be able to help a little. the one i had had some odd combo cards, one had vga and the ide/floppy while another had sound, mouse, and printer ports. I remember overclocking the AMD 133 486 of mine to 150mhz. I installed 98SE on it and was able to play MPEG2 videos and run Starcraft decently. It also had a total of 48mb 72pin (i think) memory. 2x8mb and 2x16mb

Liquid Cool · Oct 15, 2012

xBruce88x said:
i built one as recent as 2006. I might be able to help a little. the one i had had some odd combo cards, one had vga and the ide/floppy while another had sound, mouse, and printer ports. I remember overclocking the AMD 133 486 of mine to 150mhz. I installed 98SE on it and was able to play MPEG2 videos and run Starcraft decently. It also had a total of 48mb 72pin (i think) memory. 2x8mb and 2x16mb

Bruce...

You shouldn't volunteer for such things...

. I might take you up on it. I did notice the build had what looked like a raid controller card for the hard drive and thought to myself...hmm don't remember these at all. :shadedshu Other than this...nothing special, 486 DX2 66, the CPU had a 40mm cooling fan on it. I might have to fire it up and check it out. Also saw a Slot II complete system that was brand new(and completely fanless).

Best,

LC

P.S. I'll get a pic as soon as my camera gets back from being on loan. Mid week.

mediasorcerer · Oct 15, 2012

The red and black got me.

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Suhidu · Oct 15, 2012

I never owned one of these, but this is the first card I remember finding very attractive, back in my BF Vietnam days.

ATi Radeon 9800 XT

eidairaman1 · Oct 15, 2012

xBruce88x said:
I couldn't see the image so I dug it up in google... slightly different link now.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Dstealth32.jpg

I know its a bit of an old post, but hey its a cool card

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_Local_Bus.

AGP had more bandwidth in a single bus but for the time this bus was around it was very fast.

xBruce88x · Oct 15, 2012

wow i got lucky with my setup then... seems the 40mhz bus i had it set to was the limit for VLB VESA cards.

Liquid Cool said:
Bruce...

You shouldn't volunteer for such things.... I might take you up on it. I did notice the build had what looked like a raid controller card for the hard drive and thought to myself...hmm don't remember these at all. :shadedshu Other than this...nothing special, 486 DX2 66, the CPU had a 40mm cooling fan on it. I might have to fire it up and check it out. Also saw a Slot II complete system that was brand new(and completely fanless).

Best,

LC

P.S. I'll get a pic as soon as my camera gets back from being on loan. Mid week.

Heh I still have a Win98 floppy boot disk for loading the CD-Rom driver

Enmity · Oct 16, 2012

This, without any question

I WANT x2

jgunning · Oct 18, 2012

Norton said:
Great card one of the best I've owned

Pics of yours?

Will post one when I will when I get home tonight!

eidairaman1 · Oct 18, 2012

xBruce88x said:
wow i got lucky with my setup then... seems the 40mhz bus i had it set to was the limit for VLB VESA cards.

Heh I still have a Win98 floppy boot disk for loading the CD-Rom driver

man i remember using those for AT machines, after that and i figured out most machines can boot from CD i would use just the CD itself for 98SE install

Aksh_47 · Oct 18, 2012

Well my personal favorite in terms of looks is the Asus Mars II

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=48753&stc=1&d=1350572971

and although its just a mid range card, this 6770 looks damn cool.

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=48754&stc=1&d=1350572971

3870x2 · Oct 18, 2012

My favorite, the 8600GT Silent Pipe 3.

T4C Fantasy · Oct 18, 2012

heres a few I like

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/b625/ASUS_8800_GTX_AquaTank.html

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/b96/Colorful_iGame_GTX_680_Passive.html

http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/b536/Gainward_GTX_680_Phantom.html

qubit · Oct 22, 2012

So cute!

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