MSI Redesigns GAMING, ARMOR Graphics Cards for GTX 1660 Ti Launch

[Raevenlord]

Leaked images of MSI's upcoming GeForce GTX 1660 Ti graphics cards show a redesign of their high-tier offerings. As we've already covered, it seemsn that NVIDIA's GTX 1660 Ti will be the NVIDIA silicon with most partner custom designs and SKUs, and for good reason - it's expected this card will succeed the GTX 1060 in terms of popularity in the mainstream gamer market. The new revisions accompany market trends in adding RGB lighting and some angular revisions.

The GeForce GTX 1660 Ti GAMING X will be one of MSI's topmost models, with the highest clock speed, and a design revision in a favor of a black and gray color scheme and RGB lights. It looks classy and understated, even with the RGB lighting, which is something that's increasingly rare to find. The new ARMOS graphics card also has an understated, industrial design, with some more detailed cutouts in the plastic housing, and an interesting mix of black and white. The GeForce GTX branding makes a comeback in these graphics cards, which make use of a single 8-pin connector.



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[R00kie]

now thats pretty

 

[John Naylor]

I never understood the manufacturer's approach or user's interest in what the bottom of the card looks like. If they are going to put effort into how it looks, why not spend ore effort on the part 99% can actually see. When i walk int an auto showroom to check out a new sports car design, I don't ask them to put it on a lift so i can check out the undercarriage.

 

[biffzinker]

I never understood the manufacturer's approach or user's interest in what the bottom of the card looks like. If they are going to put effort into how it looks, why not spend ore effort on the part 99% can actually see.

Heres what your looking for.

https://www.amazon.com/Kaislin-Vert...XXZDDW63DS2&psc=1&refRID=FCXW3X32EXXZDDW63DS2

 

[notb]

I never understood the manufacturer's approach or user's interest in what the bottom of the card looks like. If they are going to put effort into how it looks, why not spend ore effort on the part 99% can actually see. When i walk int an auto showroom to check out a new sports car design, I don't ask them to put it on a lift so i can check out the undercarriage.

For most people the moment they take the card out of a box and put it in the case is the only time they'll actually see it.

Anyway, it's inevitable that the cooler side gets a more stylish design. It's actually the part that AIBs have to make themselves (or put a sticker on in case of AMD). If they have to make it, they may as well make it pretty. The other side of the card is optional.

And if you want to see your pretty cooler, look for a case with GPUs mounted cooler-up.
There is a handful of 3rd party PC cases with so called "inverted layout" - a weird name for something that should actually be called "correct layout".
Obviously, fans should be pushing hot air up, not down. In most PCs they do it against gravity, because of a design fault we made years ago.
If anyone actually cared about desktop PC cases, this would have become a standard long time ago.

But happily at least some OEM tower cases are built this way - which is one of the reasons why OEM PCs are often so suspiciously quiet.

 

[bug]

I never understood the manufacturer's approach or user's interest in what the bottom of the card looks like. If they are going to put effort into how it looks, why not spend ore effort on the part 99% can actually see. When i walk int an auto showroom to check out a new sports car design, I don't ask them to put it on a lift so i can check out the undercarriage.

I was about to post the same thing. Should I be worried when electronic parts are distinguished by looks?

 

[Deleted member 67555]

I remember back in 2003ish when those Bright Green Alien looking cases that came out with the side panel w/LED yellow fan and Biohazard grill and remember thinking that I'd never buy a beige tower again...eh just go with the flow...
I want my halo fans and AIO's w/rgb and RGB memory and parts of the mobo should have rgb and ABSOLUTELY yes I want my GFX to RGB bling as well and I want my case to get on it to and give the gfx flip option.
BLING BLING yo.
I'd buy because of the look...
Find a way to put fins on it too and I'll pay another $50..

 

[John Naylor]

Heres what your looking for.

Im not looking for anything. My point is 99.9999% of builds ever made that even have discrete cards have the fancy design part pointing down. see next post

For most people the moment they take the card out of a box and put it in the case is the only time they'll actually see it.

Anyway, it's inevitable that the cooler side gets a more stylish design. It's actually the part that AIBs have to make themselves (or put a sticker on in case of AMD). If they have to make it, they may as well make it pretty. The other side of the card is optional.

And if you want to see your pretty cooler, look for a case with GPUs mounted cooler-up.
There is a handful of 3rd party PC cases with so called "inverted layout" - a weird name for something that should actually be called "correct layout".
Obviously, fans should be pushing hot air up, not down. In most PCs they do it against gravity, because of a design fault we made years ago.
If anyone actually cared about desktop PC cases, this would have become a standard long time ago.

But happily at least some OEM tower cases are built this way - which is one of the reasons why OEM PCs are often so suspiciously quiet.

Yes.... well there's not much innovation left after spending 2-3 years focusing on flashie lightie blingy blingy. I have been expecting cards with backplates, with equalizer like bars flashing lights. We did have the rotated motherboard thing that never really caught on but Phanteks provides for this in there 600S and either Coolermaster and Thermaltake have new designs coming out. I have long wondered about other innovations, but that's a separate post.

In my youth we had a kid w/ last name Weaver in the neighborhood you was really into the bling bling thing in the way he dressed. We'd see him walking down the street and someone would say .... Here comes "Tacky Weaver". It soon became a designation (like "jump the shark") for all things that were "all show and no go" or people who seeking attention dressing in the "look at me look at me" mode. .... like a car would go by with lots of bling bling and as it passed ...."ewww tacky weaver". Im all for artistic expression, but it should be coherent ... like a resume with 12 different fonts, 3 colors, 5 different font sizes and excessive Bold / italics / underlines says 'don't bother reading".

 

[notb]

Yes.... well there's not much innovation left after spending 2-3 years focusing on flashie lightie blingy blingy. I have been expecting cards with backplates, with equalizer like bars flashing lights. We did have the rotated motherboard thing that never really caught on but Phanteks provides for this in there 600S and either Coolermaster and Thermaltake have new designs coming out. I have long wondered about other innovations, but that's a separate post.

I think the "inverted" or "rotated" mobo setup is doing pretty well. As I said: you can find it in many OEM desktops and AFAIK all tower Macs made lately (that is: before they moved to the "can").

I could never understand why the worse approach dominated 3rd party tower cases. Maybe it's because they are usually kept under the desk and this orientation puts all the connectors near the top?
I'm actually really interested, so if anyone knows why or knows a book that tells the story, please share.

And I don't agree about the lack of innovation. I love how we finally got functional risers and GPU cables, which make an enormous difference in SFF.
And Thunderbolt has shown that my great dream of modular PCs is possible. Disks and GPUs can be put in separate cases.
PCIe4 will make this cheap and ubiquitous.

As for looks... well...
I don't understand this RGB LED madness and I doubt I could concentrate being surrounded by a discotheque.
But I use solid cases and as long as the RGB stuff it's not visible, I don't care.