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MrWizard6600
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...the WORST graphic design EVER!
I gotta say, I thought that sappire with there made-by-a-teen-ager render of, I think it was lara croft, but with this new gen of Nvidia video cards we've got a couple of major contenders. Let me introduce the nominees
XFX:
Images pulled from Overclockers club GTX280 review
I was never a fan of the warewolf with a mask design. Its the dog's mask in the form of a neon outline. Sweet. the "X" design of the mask like on some terribly drawn super hero reminds me of the 70s, the neon effect lighting reminds me of the 70s. Kinda wonder if it'l perform like its from the 70s. "Its got transistors!"
BFG:
Images pulled of course from our own [H] review, if you havn't read the review yet its definatly worth a look as if you read the actual articals you might not agree with "its on par with 9800GX2!"
BFG has traditionally gone with a cool little flame design or something. I was ok with that, then the 8800 series showcased a bald guy holding his head, I thought that was wierd, but this takes the cake. The bleeding yellow light from his eyes doesn't look cool. Far from it, it looks like a dude who used too much yellow eyeshadow. Also, considering the hardware in the box is running the most advanced 3d shader render units in the world right now, you think they could get the lighting effects right. Apparently not.
EVGA:
Images pulled from Hardware canucks review.
This is just confusing to me. If you've had the experiance of a power surge and an aspire PSU, you've probably got a fun story envolving what appeard to be a sparkler sticking out of the back of your computer. Evga has decided a design involving sparks shooting out from the fan is a good idea. Why? I can picture myself buying one, installing it and playing a couple games. Then when I take a look at the inside of my case, I'd make a dive to pull out the power cord for fear that sparks are shooting out of my graphics card. Clever design evga! Nice box too.
PNY:
Images pulled from the Legit Reviews GTX280 review
Apparently we really like neon. I wonder how much the graphic artist got paid for that sweet original piece of art?
The rest of the designs include the traditional things, dragons, mech fighters, etc. Heres some links if you still want to look:
Zotac:
Zotac GTX280 review from Tweaktown
Leadtek:
Images at Leadtek.com, official leadtek website.
Gainward:
Box art pic from expreview.com, not to be confused with xpreview which is an ad farm
Gigabyte:
Images at CPU3D.com, a site I've never heard of but the review looks decent.
Point of View:
Full points for something new. Point-of-view online, official website.
update:
ASUS:
still MIA
"Xpertvision":
Referance card, no sticker. Now its not good looking without a sticker per se, but its a fair bit more attractive then the baldy with the big gun. heres a link.
I gotta say, I thought that sappire with there made-by-a-teen-ager render of, I think it was lara croft, but with this new gen of Nvidia video cards we've got a couple of major contenders. Let me introduce the nominees
XFX:
Images pulled from Overclockers club GTX280 review
I was never a fan of the warewolf with a mask design. Its the dog's mask in the form of a neon outline. Sweet. the "X" design of the mask like on some terribly drawn super hero reminds me of the 70s, the neon effect lighting reminds me of the 70s. Kinda wonder if it'l perform like its from the 70s. "Its got transistors!"
BFG:
Images pulled of course from our own [H] review, if you havn't read the review yet its definatly worth a look as if you read the actual articals you might not agree with "its on par with 9800GX2!"
BFG has traditionally gone with a cool little flame design or something. I was ok with that, then the 8800 series showcased a bald guy holding his head, I thought that was wierd, but this takes the cake. The bleeding yellow light from his eyes doesn't look cool. Far from it, it looks like a dude who used too much yellow eyeshadow. Also, considering the hardware in the box is running the most advanced 3d shader render units in the world right now, you think they could get the lighting effects right. Apparently not.
EVGA:
Images pulled from Hardware canucks review.
This is just confusing to me. If you've had the experiance of a power surge and an aspire PSU, you've probably got a fun story envolving what appeard to be a sparkler sticking out of the back of your computer. Evga has decided a design involving sparks shooting out from the fan is a good idea. Why? I can picture myself buying one, installing it and playing a couple games. Then when I take a look at the inside of my case, I'd make a dive to pull out the power cord for fear that sparks are shooting out of my graphics card. Clever design evga! Nice box too.
PNY:
Images pulled from the Legit Reviews GTX280 review
Apparently we really like neon. I wonder how much the graphic artist got paid for that sweet original piece of art?
The rest of the designs include the traditional things, dragons, mech fighters, etc. Heres some links if you still want to look:
Zotac:
Zotac GTX280 review from Tweaktown
Leadtek:
Images at Leadtek.com, official leadtek website.
Gainward:
Box art pic from expreview.com, not to be confused with xpreview which is an ad farm
Gigabyte:
Images at CPU3D.com, a site I've never heard of but the review looks decent.
Point of View:
Full points for something new. Point-of-view online, official website.
update:
ASUS:
still MIA
"Xpertvision":
Referance card, no sticker. Now its not good looking without a sticker per se, but its a fair bit more attractive then the baldy with the big gun. heres a link.
