TechPowerUp and HIS Design Your HD 4890 Contest: Here Are The Winners!

Triprift · Jun 25, 2009

Excellent stuff and congrats to the winners must of been a difficult desicion with so many top class submission hope you enjoy your prizes.

BrooksyX · Jun 25, 2009

congratz to the winners. I really liked the card design that won as well.

Weer · Jun 25, 2009

No offense, but the judges have bad taste. I saw much better looking designs.

dieselcat18 · Jun 25, 2009

Truly awesome job by all...Loved the winning design, deserved first place ! .... :rockout:

*+

a_ump · Jun 25, 2009

i thought the 2nd place winner was a good choice, the first place looks good for sure, but i felt there were better designs, less bland ones.

Scrizz · Jun 25, 2009

Grats to the winners
my personal fav was the lightning Green HIS one

lemonadesoda · Jun 25, 2009

The winning design is great. But IMO there are other designs that I prefer.

One has to keep in mind who the judges are. How old they are, what kind of cars they like to drive, with or without those plastic skirt extenders, etc., how brave they are to choose something very novel rather than just an innocuous industrial/military design. TBH, it looks like some kind of "artists impression of what a futuristic tool/weapon" would look like from one of the cheaper 3D games.

PS. Great design however. Just not "brave"

InnocentCriminal · Jun 25, 2009

Well done to the winners. Not my choices, or tastes but what d'you lot care, I wasn't a judge. Well done to everyone that took part that actually read the rules! Wish I'd have had the time to enter - not to worry.

Weer · Jun 25, 2009

InnocentCriminal said:
Well done to the winners. Not my choices, or tastes but what d'you lot care, I wasn't a judge. Well done to everyone that took part that actually read the rules! Wish I'd have had the time to enter - not to worry.

This should have been a referendum! Like TPU had in the old days.

Mussels · Jun 25, 2009

i dont like the first one at all, however 2nd and 3rd are definately among the best.

mR Yellow · Jun 25, 2009

Thanx guys. :toast:

As taste goes, it's personal preference. 11 judges in total, so i guess they got a wide scope of taste and view points.

Thanx to the ppl who gave positive comments and to those that didn't, well, tough luck.

Mussels · Jun 25, 2009

mR Yellow said:
Thanx guys.

As taste goes, it's personal preference. 11 judges in total, so i guess they got a wide scope of taste and view points.

Thanx to the ppl who gave positive comments and to those that didn't, well, tough luck.

obviously your tastes are more in line with the judges than my own

All i see when i look at it, is a scratched up looking alu cooler

btarunr · Jun 25, 2009

mR Yellow said:
Thanx guys.

As taste goes, it's personal preference. 11 judges in total, so i guess they got a wide scope of taste and view points.

Thanx to the ppl who gave positive comments and to those that didn't, well, tough luck.

Congratulations, good work!

Cheeseball · Jun 25, 2009

I love the second design, I hope I'll be able to see that on the newer HIS models in the future.

mdm-adph · Jun 25, 2009

Is so nice of them to say they carefully looked and considered each and every submission, even the crappy and horrible ones.

Mussels · Jun 25, 2009

i wish we could buy/print our own of these stickers. i really do like that dragon one.

DaMulta · Jun 25, 2009

Funny how many people would of picked the 2ed place one over the first place winner.....

Just saying......IDK hard to see that one winning first place to me. There was 11 judges, and I bet the mass production with all the colors had some play in it.

Mussels · Jun 25, 2009

DaMulta said:
Funny how many people would of picked the 2ed place one over the first place winner.....

Just saying......IDK hard to see that one winning first place to me. There was 11 judges, and I bet the mass production with all the colors had some play in it.

think of the demographics. most of the judges were from AMD and HIS, so they're quite likely a lot older, and more conservative than we are. old people just dont like dragons as much as we do

(probably related to a hot video card having FIRE on its cooler too... hehe)

Triprift · Jun 25, 2009

I would of picked the second place one as the best as well but im not a judge so who am i argue. =/

Mussels said:
old people just dont like dragons as much as we do

Im old and i like dragons. :ohwell:

mR Yellow · Jun 25, 2009

Well, from a graphic design point of view (i am a commercial graphic designer) the second one lacks branding. Nice artwork but not branded well enough.

MRCL · Jun 25, 2009

mR Yellow said:
Well, from a graphic design point of view (i am a commercial graphic designer) the second one lacks branding. Nice artwork but not branded well enough.

Do us all a favour and post pics when your unique 4890 arrives! I wanna see how your concept looks in reality.

Mussels · Jun 25, 2009

mR Yellow said:
Well, from a graphic design point of view (i am a commercial graphic designer) the second one lacks branding. Nice artwork but not branded well enough.

thats a VERY good point. that could have been what cost it first place - no HIS logo.

mR Yellow · Jun 25, 2009

MRCL said:
Do us all a favour and post pics when your unique 4890 arrives! I wanna see how your concept looks in reality.

Will do. I will do a a real geeky unveiling

sandwich · Jun 25, 2009

omg.. i only got the honorary mentions T_T
i wish i could win..

MRCL · Jun 25, 2009

sandwich said:
omg.. i only got the honorary mentions T_T
i wish i could win..

What the world "only" doing in your sentence? I didn't even make it as far as you, so be proud of yourself your design even was considered :toast:

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TechPowerUp and HIS Design Your HD 4890 Contest: Here Are The Winners!

Triprift

BrooksyX

Weer

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dieselcat18

a_ump

Scrizz

lemonadesoda

InnocentCriminal

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Weer

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Mussels

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mR Yellow

Mussels

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btarunr

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Cheeseball

Not a Potato

mdm-adph

Mussels

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DaMulta

My stars went supernova

Mussels

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Triprift

mR Yellow

MRCL

Mussels

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mR Yellow

sandwich

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