One big fan or 4x smaller fans

[KΓλ©KΣΓ™]

Yeah, there must be something wrong there to have temps that high running XFire cards. Maybe if you were folding 24/7.... Have you overclocked these Vid cards?

 

[glazer1972]

You'd be better off with the one big one.

 

[Supertrucker]

Its possible, if the cards are close enough together, though i have no experience with that gpu cooler. I have 2 6950s unlocked, asus direct DUII cards. Either card alone, idles a couple degrees above ambient, and wont break 70c while fan is on auto and stays below 20% while under full load for 8 hours.

But both of them in crossfire, the top card will break 90c in minutes with the fan manually set to 100%, which is disturbingly loud, i could hear it through my headphones while gaming. All because of a lack of space between the cards. Side panel on or off didnt matter, extra 120mm fans placed to force fresh air as best i could between the cards didnt matter. This was nothing that a couple of swifty mcw80s couldnt fix though.

 

[brentwhisnant]

http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/7275/photo1qz.jpg

http://imageshack.us/f/708/photopno.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/f/10/msiafterburnerscreensho.png/

I dont honestly know if these links will work but I tried. And also, I changed the fan speeds to 100% and these were the temps.

 

[Scout]

That does not look too bad with them at 100% How much louder is it ?

 

[brentwhisnant]

I literally cant even hear them at 100%.