Alright, here's the problem.
I had two 6800GTs in SLI. No lockups or freezing, etc.. but load temperatures were about 100C... obviously way too hot.
So I bought two NV Silencers Rev. 5... installed the HSFs themselves without a problem.
Now here's the problem that I didn't have the foresight to notice. The NV Silencer itself is too fat to allow SLI. Or rater, on the back bracket the screws they supply stick out too far, so I can only use one now.
Any solutions? Right now I'm running in single video mode, load temperatures are 60C on the 6800GT, which is MUUUCH better.
What HSFs would allow SLI? The way it's set up, I can either replace the bottom card with an HSF that doesn't have the screws sticking way up, or I can replace both of them with slimmer HSFs.
I could also sell my video card on ebay or here I guess... there's nothing wrong with it itself, just won't fit in my system.
I looked at the Zalman coolers, but they don't really blow the air out of the system like the NV Silencers do, I'd rather have the air leaving, because that was likely my problem in the first place, the air would couple with the chipset and make the whole area hot, which would make the cards hotter, etc. A bad cycle.
What do you all suggest?
I had two 6800GTs in SLI. No lockups or freezing, etc.. but load temperatures were about 100C... obviously way too hot.
So I bought two NV Silencers Rev. 5... installed the HSFs themselves without a problem.
Now here's the problem that I didn't have the foresight to notice. The NV Silencer itself is too fat to allow SLI. Or rater, on the back bracket the screws they supply stick out too far, so I can only use one now.
Any solutions? Right now I'm running in single video mode, load temperatures are 60C on the 6800GT, which is MUUUCH better.
What HSFs would allow SLI? The way it's set up, I can either replace the bottom card with an HSF that doesn't have the screws sticking way up, or I can replace both of them with slimmer HSFs.
I could also sell my video card on ebay or here I guess... there's nothing wrong with it itself, just won't fit in my system.
I looked at the Zalman coolers, but they don't really blow the air out of the system like the NV Silencers do, I'd rather have the air leaving, because that was likely my problem in the first place, the air would couple with the chipset and make the whole area hot, which would make the cards hotter, etc. A bad cycle.
What do you all suggest?
Facebook
Twitter