Originally posted by: nitromullet
Originally posted by: boomhower
At this point your limited to improving you case temps. You have a nice flowing case so just make sure your wires are out of the way as much as possible. You could mount an 120mm fan to blow directly in the area of the card.
While that might help, I opted to run an exhaust fan instead of intake fan next to card. The way the card is designed, it blows hot air out the side of the card (side facing away from the motherboard). So, if you had a side mounted intake fan on your case you are essentially blowing the hot air back into the card. By mounting an exhaust fan next the card, you are helping to direct the hot air from the card to the outside of your case.
My setup:
One front mounted 120mm intake fan, with a minimum of obstructions between it and the GX2.
One side mounted 120mm exhaust fan right next to the GX2 with a duct to bridge the gap between the fan and side grille.
My temps (core0/1 graphed with RivaTuner):
67/65C idle
81/79C load
...yeah, it still runs pretty hot, but the exhaust fan is pumping gobs of heat out of the case. The grille where the fan is gets much warmer than the area surrounding it, not to mention all the hot air coming out of the case.