8800GTX/S exhaust air or draw it in?

[Krusher]

This will probably be a quick thread once someone comes up with an answer, but I can't find it anywhere else.

Do the new nVidia 8800 cards draw air from the back and exhaust it into the case, or do they draw air from the case and exhaust it out the back?

Near Christmas I'll be doing an upgrade, and it matters which direction I mount my fans. My CM Stacker has lots of them and weighs more than an anchor, so I only want to take it apart once. 🙂

Thanks.

 

[LittleNemoNES]

Originally posted by: Krusher
This will probably be a quick thread once someone comes up with an answer, but I can't find it anywhere else.

Do the new nVidia 8800 cards draw air from the back and exhaust it into the case, or do they draw air from the case and exhaust it out the back?

Near Christmas I'll be doing an upgrade, and it matters which direction I mount my fans. My CM Stacker has lots of them and weighs more than an anchor, so I only want to take it apart once. 🙂

Thanks.

Draws from within and exhausts out teh rear.

 

[Krusher]

Thanks for the quick reply; I'll look into more intake fan CFM while evaluating other options.

 

[Howard]

Just take a look at the fan. Have you ever seen an axial fan that sucked air toward (not along) the axis around which it spun?

 

[Krusher]

I couldn't tell from the picture which way the fins were sloped, or which way the fan rotated. My guess is that if the fan isn't polarity protected, a manufacturer could run the fan either direction but it's more efficient one direction vs. another. I currently have an X800XL which blows inside the case, so I had no reference. It should be quite the upgrade. 🙂

 

[Howard]

I had no idea there were fans that could do that..