Why do all the 3rd party 2080/2080Ti cards look ridiculous?

SupraWez · 5 Oct 2018 at 11:51

Hey All,

What are going through the designers minds with these 2080/2080Ti cards, they all look ridiculous apart from the NVidia FE model, you would think for the asking price they at least would look better, then there is the size, they could put some effort into keeping them to two slots wide.

It appears all they have done is chucked a massive heat sink on, bolted the fans on top, wrapped them in cheap flimsy plastic trim and kicked them out the door.

They look like kids toys

Strife212 · 5 Oct 2018 at 11:59

MSI Gaming X Trio looks nice to me, but yes, Founders Edition looks great.

foster grant · 5 Oct 2018 at 12:02

Yeah you're right they look pretty crap to be honest the Asus 2080ti looks like a 560 I had years ago and at an asking price of £1400 ? no i dont think so

Wulfster · 5 Oct 2018 at 12:04

Agreed, the third party cards are real ugly sisters this time.

Best

Wulf

Liamz51 · 5 Oct 2018 at 12:29

Although I'm probably going to skip this generation now anyway, I was planning on getting an EVGA 2080, but having now seen them, the card is really ugly compared to my current EVGA 1070 FTW.

Would probably have gone MSI based on this gen from a aesthetic standpoint.

Are different designs likely or is this now it until next gen?

edscdk · 5 Oct 2018 at 12:41

Put it in the pc and play games on it, buy a statue if you want something that looks pretty

foster grant · 5 Oct 2018 at 12:43

Well I think this is it for this gen , but that price though, if they want to charge a premium , then i would want premium which includes looks too

nashathedog · 5 Oct 2018 at 13:22

Strife212 said:
MSI Gaming X Trio looks nice to me, but yes, Founders Edition looks great.

I think the MSI & Asus Models are the better looking ones and that's because compared to the others they kept them quite plain with no Garish colours or stupid designs which must be the current fashion somewhere other that here.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-c...e-rtx-2080?ckSuppliers=396-54&ckTab=0&sSort=3

Gregster · 5 Oct 2018 at 13:27

edscdk said:
Put it in the pc and play games on it, buy a statue if you want something that looks pretty

Silent_Scone · 5 Oct 2018 at 14:14

You're not picking out curtains, go water and be done with it if you're conscious about your looks

I've a Strix 2080 here, it looks really nice in the flesh.

BubbySoup · 5 Oct 2018 at 14:19

Silent_Scone said:
You're not picking out curtains, go water and be done with it if you're conscious about your looks

I've a Strix 2080 here, it looks really nice in the flesh.

Indeed. Pull the cooler off and put a nice water block on - job done.

Having said that, even they are starting to get blingy with flashing lights etc

VincentHanna · 5 Oct 2018 at 15:01

Get a PC case without a window and you won't even care.

trisp · 5 Oct 2018 at 17:41

If your spending your time looking at the card and not your monitor perhaps you should buy something else

Liamz51 · 5 Oct 2018 at 20:05

If aesthetics weren't an issue, RGB wouldn't be a thing. Except almost everything is RGB.

If aesthetics weren't an issue then braided cables wouldn't be a thing. Except they are.

If aesthetics weren't an issue then cases with windows wouldn't be a thing. I could go on.

My first PC, a Pentium 3 with 512mb of ram and a Geforce 2 MX, was purely utilitarian. Since then, parts have come to be designed with aesthetics in mind. Let's not try and pretend otherwise.

kola · 5 Oct 2018 at 20:11

Who cares what they look like wouldn't bother me if they were pink with green stripes

Liamz51 · 5 Oct 2018 at 20:19

kola said:
Who cares what they look like wouldn't bother me if they were pink with green stripes

And yet the overwhelming empirical evidence is that the market does care, otherwise all parts would look like they did in the 1990s.

Raelgun · 5 Oct 2018 at 20:40

Liamz51 said:
If aesthetics weren't an issue, RGB wouldn't be a thing. Except almost everything is RGB.

If aesthetics weren't an issue then braided cables wouldn't be a thing. Except they are.

If aesthetics weren't an issue then cases with windows wouldn't be a thing. I could go on.

My first PC, a Pentium 3 with 512mb of ram and a Geforce 2 MX, was purely utilitarian. Since then, parts have come to be designed with aesthetics in mind. Let's not try and pretend otherwise.

Most PC sold are OEMs which don't have windows, so its not a thing, its a niche thing.

Liamz51 · 5 Oct 2018 at 20:43

A niche thing, is nevertheless a thing.

Gerard · 5 Oct 2018 at 20:46

Duke looks nice, as does the trio, the Zotac amp does as well, it's just plain black with no real "bling" about it. The cards can draw over 300 watts so most of the vendors have decided to go with far bigger heatsinks this time around.

Raelgun · 5 Oct 2018 at 20:47

Liamz51 said:
A niche thing, is nevertheless a thing.

Thats not what niche means.