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JJBlanche   12-05-2007 at 11:39:52 PM

My brother just purchased a single slot card (8800GT), and I had a question about the cooling arrangement (ie: how does it work). I know on the 8800GT there are slots at the front of the card, and slots toward the back of the card by the fan. Does the fan pull air in from the front of the card and exhaust it out the back, or is it the other way around? More importantly, does the fan suck in, or push out? I ask because I'm installing slot cooler fans, and don't want to hamper the performance of the card's fan by arranging them the wrong way.

Thanks for your time.

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kpo6969   12-05-2007 at 11:46:47 PM
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It blows it out the side of the card away from the mobo.
Does not exhaust out of your case on it's own.
Your case-cooling solution needs to be pretty good.

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JJBlanche   12-06-2007 at 12:19:07 AM
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Where exactly is the air coming out? Does it come out the hole for the fan, or does it come out of the slots?

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------------------------------ "Contrariwise," continued Tweedledee, "if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's logic."
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Hatman   12-06-2007 at 12:38:51 AM
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Sucked in thru teh fan and shoved out through the heatpipes as far as I know, havent looked at it or anything though..

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kpo6969   12-06-2007 at 01:16:43 AM
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JJBlanche wrote :

Where exactly is the air coming out? Does it come out the hole for the fan, or does it come out of the slots?



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