I think you have some kind of selective amnesia. Graphics cards have become far more tasteful over the past decade. Consider these gaudy monstrosities, which ar

I think you have some kind of selective amnesia. Graphics cards have become far more tasteful over the past decade. Consider these gaudy monstrosities, which are entirely representative of the gamer aesthetic circa 2007: http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/6446_large_8800GT-512DDR3-AMP-P.jpg http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/6446_large_8800GT-512DDR3... https://images.anandtech.com/reviews/video/ATI/2900XT/2900xt.jpg https://images.anandtech.com/reviews/video/ATI/2900XT/2900xt... https://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/ProductImage/14-102-768-02.jpg https://images10.newegg.com/NeweggImage/ProductImage/14-102-... The gold shroud on the Titan V is a bit bling-bling, but at least the shroud design is part of a consistent design language from NVIDIA.