6970 CF cooling

[birmjam]

I currently have an XFX 6970 and am going to buy another 6970 in order to CF. Should I go with another XFX, or is there a better brand that helps offset the heat issue when 2 cards are placed close together? I have an ASRock Extreme 3 Gen 3 MB, and I believe there will be a cards width thickness of space between the 2 installed cards for ventilation. Also, I have a Haf 922 with the 200mm side fan installed.

 

[Rustyy117]

Aslong as the cards aren't sandwiched right up against each other they should be fine, plus the HAF 922 has great cooling
Anyway you'd want the warm air from the cards to be exhausted out of the case, with many after-market coolers the warm air is dumped into the case, which increase's the case temps effecting every component.