PCB Color on Video Cards

[GJSNeptune]

I like dark colors. How about a nice, rich grey with black components? Or black PCB with dark blue components.

I think a TPU field trip is in order.

 

[3991vhtes]

@ sneekypeet, Yep.. I saw 'em.. I decided to skim thru all the pages, and look at the pics..

 

[zatblast]

Not PCB related but I believe someone said something about fan shrouds/pcb covers in different colors. That's a great idea if Palit could sell different shrouds directly. The purple PCB is my all time favorite. I think any color that is bright and stands out would be welcome.

already got my post in for this topic... but erockers post made me think for some odd... reason... what about customizable cards direct from palit? again probably uneconomical for palit but would be kind of well i'd be buying one lets leave it at that...

anyways have several colors of a good stock cooler, pink, purple, green, red, black, blue maybe... also for the *hopes thats a bridge cooler on post 162... but also make that available in different colors... and maybe even the little black cubes near this piece *not sure what to call them* and well also have different colors of pcb so that you can just like completely customize it easily for lazy people... *raises hand* but this is assumeing its a board that doesnt have a shroud completely covering it...

*stops inputing nonsense*

 

[yogurt_21]

I like the idea of a color pcb, but I think changing the color of the coolers would be more practical and give the same results. and it would be easier to setup a "choose your color" when purchasing.

 

[a_ump]

kewl idea

i know when i was searching for an 8800GT i saw too much green and then i saw the xfx alpha dog and it was black which won my money. i dout there's anyone out there that would chose the original and boring looking green of nvidia pcb color over a black pcb. as for ati cards i thk they're red is perfect looks good and it goes with their company's color lol

though i thk a lot of companies have already figured out black pcbs look better than the green, there hasn't been a single 9800GTX i've seen without the black pcb no matter the company.

 

[Kursah]

I'm sold on this

Sold I say Sold

I gotta say that is just sweet! Even if it's not UV reactive or anything, no LED's, I'd say that's just sweetness!

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

is that possible palit guy? ^^^

 

[ShadowFold]

Yea the white PCB with classic black Palit cooler would look niiiiiice.

 

[erocker]

How about Palit software voltage modification and L.E.D. indicators ala the Asus Maximus!!!

 

[ShadowFold]

How about Palit software voltage modification

for warranty breaking enthusiasts

 

[erocker]

Motherboard manufacturers do it, why not video cards too?

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

Motherboard manufacturers do it, why not video cards too?

good idea ... voltmods in a gui ...

 

[erocker]

That is AWESOME! Having the inside of a case completely void of color (Bauhaus case mod anyone), would look sick! If this was possible I'd be building a new rig now.

 

[GJSNeptune]

Palit makes motherboards.

 

[tkpenalty]

That is AWESOME! Having the inside of a case completely void of color (Bauhaus case mod anyone), would look sick! If this was possible I'd be building a new rig now.

Agree! They should use "cleaner" looking ICs if they want white.

 

[wolf]

+1, that card really does make my pants explode.

 

[Tatty_Two]

+1, that card really does make my pants explode.

Thats just a little worrying Now all that PCB needs is a fitted VR switch so users can increase GPU voltage at a turn

 

[JrRacinFan]

LOL, and add a sticker above it saying "Turn this knob and card will be epic fail!".

Ehemm ... meaning warranty = dead.

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

hence my idea to have it in a gui ... no knob needed

 

[Tatty_Two]

LOL, and add a sticker above it saying "Turn this knob and card will be epic fail!".

Ehemm ... meaning warranty = dead.

Nope....some Gigabyte 8800GT's had a voltage switch on their PCB as standard!

 

[JrRacinFan]

I know twas a joke is all. Still that white PCB is alright. Not for me though, but looks nice.

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

i still say i want a burnt orange pcb

 

[Kursah]

Well and with the 9800GX2 having a complete shroud..I think that's where things are going to start heading...this could allow for all sorts of different designs, shapes, colors, themes and such that would make some of today's more boring appearing cards or just the ones that are plain "ugly" a thing of the past.

But if not, PCB colors can be a good middle ground until full cover-shrowd (full PCB cover, all but the PCI-e slot, connector and SLI/CF connector are covered) is more popularized, and I think it will be.

 

[GJSNeptune]

For cards with a shroud, you could sell a premium package that includes kick-ass stickers and interchangeable faceplates. The shroud would be permanent so customers can't screw up the components and such, but the faceplates can snap on to offer customization.

As for PCB color for shroud-less cards, well, I'm not sure how to offer different colors and not risk having an abundance of certain colors and a shortage of others.

PALIT TO SELL BUILD-YOUR-OWN VIDEO CARD KITS

EASY-BAKE PCB OVENS COMING SOON

 

[Cuzza]

Of late I have found colouring of components of increasing importance to my purchasing decisions and what I really hate is multicolouredness, thats why I can't stand Gigabyte mobos at the moment, those guys seem to make every header some weird color and the things look like a shelf of random paint cans fell on them. Obviously, vid cards don't have a plethora of plugs over them. The obvious thing on video cards thats a different colour to the PCB is the cooler, and I love the look of the bare PCB with lots of components sticking out, therefore I hate the big ugly slab sided full length coolers that come on most high end cards these days and prefer the looks of the copper types from Zalman etc and would probably get one if I was buying a card, therefore for me, what looks good with a big copper cooler on it? I reckon green looks crap, and red too. Blue is OK, black is good but i'm over black. There seems to be a big concensus that white is good, so i'm all for white too, or yellow, just because bright yellow is right in your face and I'm all for that.

Another thing, with the way most computers are these days, tower case, ATX, all that, most people never see the front of the graphics card anyway! usually you are looking down on the back of the card's PCB which is frickin bare and ugly, andyou don't see the other side where all the good sh*t is cause another card is in the way. Obviously because of how ATX works all the componentry is on that side, but 90-something percent of all graphics cards will be mounted in the first expansion slot and never have anything backing up against them except maybe oversized north bridge coolers, so I reckon ot would be sweet to have componentry on that side, maybe mount the memory chips there and they could have another fan of their own or be cooled by the CPU fan. I suppose that would be rather expensive to manufacture, but just a thought.