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Is there an RTX card that looks "clean and modern"?

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Recently Zeus sent a thunderbolt directly into my power-supply strong enough to fry most of the components in my desktop so I'm rebuilding from scratch. I decided I wanted to do a black/RGB build and that it was time to turn RTX ON (Sorry team Red). However I'm having trouble finding a card that fits the style of my build.

 

Beauty is subjective. While some people love their "gamer angles", I prefer a cleaner, modern appearance. I would have loved to use a founders edition card in my build, but unfortunately they don't make those in "dark".

 

image.png.f3543cdcf733ffd2a36b11b94b3c1ecb.pngIs it really that hard guys?

So, being a long term EVGA loyalist I checked out their RTX lineup first... and oh Lord...

image.png.59c8ed27383251e4a7afd98aff72aecc.pngI'm not exactly sure what the design team was thinking when they decided to use the most gaudy looking transparent plastic on all of their RTX cards, but at least the thousands of E's on the fan blades will improve airflow, right? Thats gonna be a hard pass from me.

 

After reviewing the available RTX cards my runner up choice was the ASUS TURBO edition:

Image result for rtx asus turbo

  • Relativity discrete looking, nice
  • Subtle RGB lighting, very nice
  • No back-plate... I can buy one
  • Has poor thermal performance, loud and reviews indicating numerous issues, nice... wait a sec

Anyway I'm stumped, I can't find a card that completes my sense of style and I don't want to buy from a brand like PNY or ZOTAC so I haven't looked at options from them.

 

But hey, maybe I'm still missing something. I'm open to suggestions if anyone knows of some clean looking cards.

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https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MssmP6/sapphire-radeon-rx-vega-64-8gb-nitro-video-card-11275-03-40g

 

the Sapphire Nitro+ is probably something along  the lines o what you are looking for. 

 

and unless you are especially keen on early stage raytracing, you might aswell pick up a Radeon GPU due to their pretty neat pricing atm. 

 

edit: unless you are getting something more than 2070 performance. as the Radeon 7 is quite clearly a silver color desing even tho its pricing is really nice

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Pretty sure EVGA makes a "black" edition cooler as well for there shrouds. Here you go, a 2080 version of the "black" https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-2082-KR

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https://www.scorptec.com.au/product/Graphics-Cards/NVIDIA/75801-GV-N2060GAMINGOC-PRO-6GD

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https://pcpartpicker.com/product/YKbwrH/msi-geforce-rtx-2080-founders-edition-8gb-gaming-x-trio-video-card-rtx-2080-gaming-x-trio

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/jVQG3C/evga-geforce-rtx-2080-8-gb-black-video-card-08g-p4-2081-kr

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qMKcCJ/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-2080-8gb-gaming-oc-video-card-gv-n2080gaming-oc-8gc

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MZm323/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-2080-8-gb-windforce-video-card-gv-n2080wf3-8gc

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/QsBTwP/msi-geforce-rtx-2080-8gb-duke-video-card-rtx-2080-duke-8g-oc

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3J22FT/zotac-geforce-rtx-2080-8gb-gaming-amp-video-card-zt-t20800d-10p

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MgWfrH/zotac-geforce-rtx-2080-8-gb-amp-extreme-video-card-zt-t20800b-10p

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/MssmP6/sapphire-radeon-rx-vega-64-8gb-nitro-video-card-11275-03-40g

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/dkprxr/sapphire-radeon-vii-16-gb-video-card-21291-01-40g

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/trdFf7/gigabyte-radeon-rx-vega-64-8gb-watercooling-video-card-gv-rxvega64x-w-8gd-b

 

something for you in this list?

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Fe is the best looking. Blower isn’t really an option and aib look as cheesy as they always have. 

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Uhm, make up your mind, do you want clean looking build or RGB? 

Besides, you won't be seeing cooler side of the card unless you go for vertical mount, which is very often poorly executed idea...

But  yeah, most of Gigabyte cards are pretty plain looking (except for Aorus). MSI is another choice, just stick to Armor or Duke

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4 hours ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

MSI

That outdated dragon logo turns me off instantly.. I like MSI motherboard because they're great and no logo is displayed, even I disable MSI booting logo, but for GPU, if MSI can get rid of that funny dragon logo, I would get them. I'm kind of idealist about looks too, so I can feel the difficulties that OP facing..

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CPU: Intel Core i7-8700K, 5GHz Delidded LM || CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-C14S w/ NF-A15 & NF-A14 Chromax fans in push-pull cofiguration || Motherboard: MSI Z370i Gaming Pro Carbon AC || RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2x8Gb 2666 || GPU: EVGA GTX 1060 6Gb FTW2+ DT || Storage: Samsung 860 Evo M.2 SATA SSD 250Gb, 2x 2.5" HDDs 1Tb & 500Gb || ODD: 9mm Slim DVD RW || PSU: Corsair SF600 80+ Platinum || Case: Cougar QBX + 1x Noctua NF-R8 front intake + 2x Noctua NF-F12 iPPC top exhaust + Cougar stock 92mm DC fan rear exhaust || Monitor: ASUS VG248QE || Keyboard: Ducky One 2 Mini Cherry MX Red || Mouse: Logitech G703 || Audio: Corsair HS70 Wireless || Other: XBox One S Controler

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4 hours ago, James Evens said:

Plastidip the nvidia design.

This would be a fun little project. Black plastidip + metalizer on the FE shroud should come out looking quite sleek. 

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CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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