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[Binabik15]

My XFX came in the standard box which is pretty sexy, IMO. Thick cardboard, embossed stuff, quite subdued box design - it just screams expensive and well made product inside :lol

 

[Shai-Tan]

I buy whichever card has frogs in power armor on the box.

 

[JWong]

You know what would make these GPUs not sell?

"We used these video cards to render these 3d art." :lol

 

[kamspy]

Just found a goldmine

Just knowing this stuff passed through meetings and PowerPoint slide shows before it went to the manufacturer is mind boggling.

 

[Windom Earle]

Nothing screams badass like some creepy hairless dude with a blue plate in his hands.

And for the ladies, forget about dem alloy rims mofo, just show them your dusty gpu box in your room.

 

[Xdrive05]

That XFX armored bulldog looks like some Rareware artist suddenly had a chunk of his brain spooned out with an ice-cream scoop whilst modeling it.

But seriously, is this what happens to lolvideogamesartists when they can't land a job in an actual studio? GPU companies snatch them up?

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Often the art ends up on the cards as well.

she's hawt. first sistah ever on a videocard?

 

[Cow Mengde]

The Palit Frog is freaking awesome. I'd buy their cards just for the awesome frog on it.

 

[140.85]

she's hawt. first sistah ever on a videocard?

Looks more like a white girl with dreads to me...which makes it that much weirder.

 

[beje]

Most of them look like they've been pulled straight from Poser.

 

[BuddhaRockstar]

While still pretty tacky, my ASUS 4850 could have been a lot worse.

I've got a new cooler on it now, so it's no biggy. Not that it really is in the first place, unless you have a window on your case :lol

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Looks more like a white girl with dreads to me...

NO.

not even a little bit.

Maybe you should think about adjusting the color contrast on your monitor.

 

[Sciz]

I'll admit, my first thought when I saw the topic title was this stuff:

 

[sinny]

Mine had penguins on it...

Mine has penguins in a different sized box

 

[Celcius]

I've been pondering this for years...:lol
At least modern evga boxes don't seem to be that bad.

 

[beje]

So far I've got:

Dog with green mask:

Basic body model with metallic texture and flashy eyes:

At least you never have to see the art in the card itself because it's always facing down

 

[fizzelopeguss]

Oh man, herc 3d prophet...memory lane.

 

[Nirolak]

Apparently motherboard box art is also pretty interesting.

 

[sillik]

A Sleek, eloquent and refined package, ready to blow your mind once you take of the wrapping, just Like a $5000 hooker.

 

[SapientWolf]

Part of me wonders if game art is actually that cheesy, but we're able to look past it for the content.

 

[Telosfortelos]

Really? I know I can cross this card off my list thanks to Nirolak.

I just want to emphasize that this is a $700 video card (650 at newegg). A 700 fucking dollar piece of technology with shitty ass sticker art. Clearly evidence of the ineptitude of marketing.

I can live with shitty boxes, it's the shitty cards themselves that drive me nuts.

 

[Neuromancer]

This might be the best one of the bunch:

At least it makes sense since it comes with the game (a great game I might add).

 

[Tellaerin]

If you're spending time looking at the image printed on your graphics card and not the one on your monitor, you're doing it wrong.

 

[Quagm1r3]

Sort of related; my mobo box art has a MONSTER TRUCK on it!!! EPIC WIN!!! :lol

 

[LethaL ImpuLse]

This shit is hawt!

 

[panda21]

i still don't understand why ati and nvidia don't sell their cards directly? as far as i can see the only difference between these weird brands is the shitty cg on the box and the sticker on the plastic thing covering the card.

 

[TheExodu5]

It's really a shame no video cards come with a decent cooler. Well the Vapor-X stuff and Twin Frozr are semi-decent, but they don't hold a candle to a nice Accelero setup.

 

[mr stroke]

i guess I am a cheese ball, I have always loved the cheese on the boxes


just got this one

not any worse than a Dragon Age character?

 

[iammeiam]

My box was pretty tame, but still has Generic CG Woman.

She shows up on my 5770 box, too, plus her face is on the fan.

If a company invested some time and planning into their CGI mascots, it could actually be a way to simplify card purchases for the casual. Create four or five characters, enough for the different models of a given product line, then designate one as the 'high-end' character, one for mid-tier, one for bottom-of-the-line, etc. Differentiate between lines using costume color, or something, so that character X in silver is generally the high-end option for previous generation tech, things like that. It can't be any more confusing than random numbering and lettering systems, and would give the manufacturer a way to argue that their cards are more consumer-friendly and thus deserving of more shelf space.

Not that anyone does that, that I know of, so I have no idea why nobody branches out to peaceful nature scenes or something to stand out from the crowd. The better gaming graphics get, the sadder the box-art CGI starts looking.

 

[Azure Dream]

I thought it was going to be about the tiny images they sometimes carve onto chips.

While still pretty tacky, my ASUS 4850 could have been a lot worse.

I actually kind of like that one. It's the same art, but with no background and flipped, on my bright orange Asus EAH4670 box.

 

[rollingstart]

man, gamers are tacky if this stuff is supposed to appeal to them.

 

[Gravijah]

NO.

not even a little bit.

Maybe you should think about adjusting the color contrast on your monitor.

Looks white or mixed to me.

 

[Hazaro]

Well the original post has one current card and the rest are very old.
I think we are making at least some progress.

 

[·feist·]

How can that not be awesome?

I erupt into laughter every time I look at this.

 

[Chip N Chance]

Im really surprised no one has turned these box characters into avatars. :lol

 

[chifanpoe]

Oh Yes, Crazy Aliens!

!?

Are you prepared?

 

[kamspy]

Im really surprised no one has turned these box characters into avatars. :lol

These two have to be my favorites so far.

Someone make it happen with the troll fingering the green doughnut.

Also, that 7600 is not old enough to justify that hair doo.

 

[TheExodu5]

Are you prepared?

I guess it was only a matter of time before people started fapping to GPUs.

 

[cress2000]

While still pretty tacky, my ASUS 4850 could have been a lot worse.

I've got a new cooler on it now, so it's no biggy. Not that it really is in the first place, unless you have a window on your case :lol

Sigh. The stock cooler on this thing is pathetic. I have two of these exact cards and can't stress them or else they overheat after a few minutes. I also can't seem to get the front plastic part off (even after removing the screws)...it's like it's superglued.

 

[Timedog]

Dog with green mask wins the thread.

 

[Luigiv]

Well other then the Iron Man style giant robot on the card itself

Spoiler

which I like because it remind me of Total Annihilation

The box itself for my card is pretty nice (also what you wouldn't be able to tell from that image is the box is holographic ).

 

[Lonely1]

I got this:

Couldn't see the box since I ordered online. I prefer the frog on armor.

 

[Stitch]

i always bought XFX cards and i was really disappointed when i found out that there's no dog with a green mask on the GTS 250 box :lol

 

[Neuromancer]

She looks *just enough* not like Lara Croft to not get them all sued.

 

[chaostrophy]

Palit's FroBot disapproves of your remarks.

Of course most of these are terrible, but the frog is awesome!

 

[Anticitizen One]

Apparently motherboard box art is also pretty interesting.

Is that luke skywalker using force lightning on a dragon?

 

[SatelliteOfLove]

Just found a goldmine

"Not Kefka"

"Not Laura Croft"

 

[Celcius]

She looks *just enough* not like Lara Croft to not get them all sued.

That's what I've always thought :lol

 

[CadetMahoney]

/thread

Looks like they use screens from 1997 Playstation FMVs.

rofl

 

[PhoncipleBone]

How can that not be awesome?

I erupt into laughter every time I look at this.

That picture made me laugh for a few minutes. How can you NOT want that card with box art like that?