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I think Sapphire just made the best looking GPU backplate on the market.

KarateHottie93
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I'm pretty amazed by how sexy this backplate is...especially coming from a company that gets a lot of hate for never doing them. I think under some nice red LED's this would look perfect. The only backplate that even rivals it are the 980 and 980TI HOF ones, IMHO of course.

 

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Okay, throw the G1 cards in there too. Still though...damn that cooler coming out of it looks perfect.

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What backplate are you referring to? There are no images.

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Nope 

 

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Id probably paint over it anyway, stock backplates arent really nice IMO, only look really good when you paint it all white or jet black or something like that.

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which backplate are you talking about?

 

What backplate are you referring to? There are no images.

Sorry, had to edit it. Using a WP10 beta and the browser is being dumb.

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Anyone get reminded of the Cerberus logo from mass effect? But no, defo seen nicer in my days

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Nope 

 

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Oh yeah, I completely forgot the G1 cards. That, this, and the HOF backplates are a tie.

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looks horrible

doesnt even cover the whole card

 

plus it will only colour match people with yellow themed builds which is like 0.0001% of the people with PCs

 

and why does it have a sticker on the back...wtf

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Anyone get reminded of the Cerberus logo from mass effect? But no, defo seen nicer in my days

But that cooler at the end looks amazing with it.

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You call this best.....that is so rubbish and half arsed, it sickens me. 

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looks horrible

doesnt even cover the whole card

 

plus it will only colour match people with yellow themed builds which is like 0.0001% of the people with PCs

 

and why does it have a sticker on the back...wtf

Actually under some good red LED's, the yellow/orange Sapphire cards blend really really well.

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Nope 

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Yeah that looks better.

 

The Sapphire version above is functionally superior though, because part of the airflow can go straight through the cooler and up, without hitting the PCB or backplate. One of the nice things about the R9 Fury and its short reference PCB.

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980 ti HOF backplate is sexier. Sorry.

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980 ti HOF backplate is sexier. Sorry.

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(don't mind my brother's horrible cable management)

It's really not that bad and haha you got the same problem as me. Blow everything on a really nice overclocking GPU for the looks and then make due of the stock cooler til you can afford a nice one.

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Can I complain about his color coordination then?

GO FOR IT. He has a MSI z97 Gaming 5 and 32gb of Adata 2400mhz RAM btw. RAG HIM PLS.

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GO FOR IT. He has a MSI z97 Gaming 5 and 32gb of Adata 2400mhz RAM btw. RAG HIM PLS.

 

It's so sad too, because the case, power supply and graphics card fit each other awesomely. The black/red motherboard is bleh, the stock Intel cooler is always bleh, but the orange freaking memory is just ridiculous.

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It's so sad too, because the case, power supply and graphics card fit each other awesomely. The black/red motherboard is bleh, the stock Intel cooler is always bleh, but the orange freaking memory is just ridiculous.

Well the camera caught it poorly. its actually golden. his case would be the white/red OG phantom. its a nice case that would be perfect if he had the z97 sli krait motherboard.

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(don't mind my brother's horrible cable management)

 

 

Can I complain about his color coordination then?

 

And I'll complain about the stock CPU cooler! Blech!

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I could not look at that thing everyday. I think it's probably my least favorite that I've seen. Looks like they're trying really, really hard to be cool.

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I'm pretty amazed by how sexy this backplate is...especially coming from a company that gets a lot of hate for never doing them. 

 

Never doing them?

 

Like not on the 280x Toxic-X:

 

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Or on the 290(x) Vapour-X:

 

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Never doing them?

 

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Or on the 290(x) Vapour-X:

 

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