Crossfire 5870.. cooling?

chrispduckdunn · 19 Nov 2009 at 10:08

Hey im gonna save the old pennies and get 2x 5870s but was wondering if air cooling will be sufficiant, any input wld be great

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Nuwidol · 19 Nov 2009 at 13:21

As long as they are not seriously overclocked you'll be fine. The top card will run hotter than the bottom card due to it not having much room to breathe. If yourt case supports a side mounted fan it will help as they are normally situated where cool air could be blown over the 2 cards but its not needed.

Aikon359 · 19 Nov 2009 at 19:46

why not think about getting a 5970 instead? cheaper than 2x 5870s and probably easier to keep the temps down too?

Greebo · 19 Nov 2009 at 19:54

this ^

engstrom0304 · 19 Nov 2009 at 21:43

5970 imo not 2 5870s make sure you have the space for 1 though!

Ducky Spud · 19 Nov 2009 at 23:07

Yea, 5970 would be much better. Works out cheaper and will be easier to set up and probably perform a little bit better (due to drivers and such, crossfire/sli can take a while to be sorted properly)