Whatever happened to cool physical graphics on the graphics cards themselves?

2019 says Hello! :D

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https://videocardz.com/newz/colorful-launches-geforce-rtx-2080-ti-rng-edition-with-full-color-lcd

And by "Hello" I really mean o_O:confused::yuck::vomit::dead:
 
Still looks better than the janky, uncanny valley-invoking 90's rendered prepubescent man-child fap material that used to be all over graphics cards.

I wasn't a functioning member of society with disposable income when those cards were in vogue, and I was a prepubescent man-child, and I still would have been embarrassed to bring one of those boxes to the checkout aisle.
Most of them weren't women but warrior men, I'm still with you though. I avoided all those ugly gpus and while it was still ok to do i went reference.
 
Fap material like when the Punisher Max series came out someone said Sex and Violence isn't necessarily considered mature content.
 
Hot damn those are hideous.

Personally I like lower key but nice stuff like the LE/FE vegas. The blower itself is meh but the look is great. If you look at the nicer waterblocks they tend to have more subdued themes as well.

The "off-gold" is a tacky color but the plain annodized and crazy new dye blue FE are really nice. (side note - someone needs to do a fancy sportscar with that color)
 
I remember my ATI 4870X2 was so darn hot the picture label actually peeled off and curled outwards after using for some time. That was the last time I bought a GPU with the reference "one fan/blow outside the case" design. Glad that Nvidia's own cards now come with 2 fans but I'm not too sure about AMD's.
 
Ooooh that 9600XT brings me back. First PC I ever built used one along with an AMD Athlon 64.
That was the first card I bought specifically for gaming. I had built quite a few PC's before I got that card, but they used Trident cards, S3 cards, and ATI All-in Wonder cards.
 
I so regret being late to this party, but here's a few:

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unfortunately it outlasted BFG before it died so no lifetime warranty. This one has the distinction of being resurrected via oven baking. Didn't last long tho and died again

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creepy guy-reaching-under-bathroom-stall box....

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This HSF was awful so it was replaced with a Zalman. The card still works.

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ECS GTS 250
 
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