I was wondering does anyone have a good crossfire set up on this board i just installed 2 xfx 6950's and have about 1mm of space between the cards. I can post pics if needed....
Also having very little room between the cards is normal if the slots are stacked back to back. This is why getting a Trifire board is a good idea so you can leave 2 empty slots between the cards and generally get better cooling.
From the pics of the board on newegg it looks like it has a third 16x slot at the bottom, you could use a long CF cable and run a card in that slot, allowing more room between the cards. This is how in running SLI on my P6X58D-E.
Didnt know that about the sabertooth, my board only goes down to 8x on that slot. Guess you will have to live with it or look at a different board. Or go to aftermarket air cooling or watercooling for the cards.
I was under the impression from looking at pics that the newer ATI ref cards drew alot of air in from the end of the card and exhausts it out the back for good cooling in Crossfire, is this not the case with your cards?
72c is totally normal, even lower than normal for CF/SLI. My top 460 hits 65c under load but has a few slots between the cards. If you dont go over 72c gaming then you are golden.
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