Tom's Hardware: Topic Crossfire overheat and 16x vs 8x question
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| fill_d wrote : Hi I've got a gigabyte EX58-UD5 motherboard with two Sapphire HD4870 toxic graphic cards. In order to put them both in PCIe x16 slots they are virtually touching. I just tested it playing crysis on all high settings for 15mins then quit and temp of one card was 90degrees- there is no gap above the fan on one card. Question is, should I put one card in the x8 slot which would improve airflow? How will this effect the benefit of crossfire setup? If I continue with current setup will it damage the card? Thanks for reading |
i would put it in the 8x slot and it seems you have no other alternative but to do just that
that was a dangerous temperature to be at with NO airflow
try out the 8x slot...the only difference is that it will be using half its potential(just that one card)
Uber 
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