8800 gt sli

[xzanos]

ok so i recently got to 8800gt's and i have them in sli on a evga 750i mobo i have been lookin for vga coolers but it looks like the way they are all positioned they all just blow the air right into the other card. any suggestions or is this not a big problem?

 

[Majinhoju]

If your running both your cards at stock speeds, they should be fine.
I'm running 2 8800gt card right now; and with the side cover off my computer, they're idling at 53 degrees Celsius. the weather has been fairly hot here lately, so that's driven the temperature up a little.

you should be fine, but if you decide to overclock, keep a close eye on those temperatures.

 

[xzanos]

so how is it that you know the exact temp of the card/cpu/ram

 

[Majinhoju]

i just opened nvidia monitor to check my gpu temps, my motherboard comes with software to monitor my cpu temps. and ram.. well i don't know my ram temps. but i'm running 2 8800gt cards, stock cooling at stock speeds and everything is running just fine.

 

[xzanos]

and if i was going to overclock what kind of coolers would be ideal?

 

[bicycle_wreck]

so how is it that you know the exact temp of the card/cpu/ram

I use CPUID's HWMonitor, but it doesn't work universally...

http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php

 

[Ryle]

and if i was going to overclock what kind of coolers would be ideal?

Artic Cooling Accelero S1 with the Turbo Module