The Official 8800GT Information and Discussion Thread

[Gauvenator]

Originally Posted by korosu

you could check out my gallery pics, it would be about the same thing.

whoa, even without a fan it doesn't look like sli is a possibliity...unless I mount it the other way, but then it might hit the cpu lol

[korosu]

Originally Posted by Gauvenator

whoa, even without a fan it doesn't look like sli is a possibliity...unless I mount it the other way, but then it might hit the cpu lol

assuming your northbridge cooler isn't in the way (like mine is), and you have enough clearance off the bottom of the board (i don't), SLI looks possible.

[korosu]

there's also this:

but you couldn't use fans, and also in this configuration, you'd have to use a ribbon-style SLI cable.

[kanman]

guys hows the TT duorb for a cooler with this card?

[Gauvenator]

Originally Posted by korosu

there's also this:

but you couldn't use fans, and also in this configuration, you'd have to use a ribbon-style SLI cable.

I was thinking of that, but my northbridge cooler would be in the way on my P5N-E SLI. Oh and I only have 1 slot between my graphics card slots.

[carl25]

Originally Posted by korosu

hey, that thing has 2 PCIe connectors!

yea

[risingpowers]

Mine just came in the mail last night, it's amazing. Got the XFX Alpha Dog Edition, 512 MB.

Haven't done any overclocking or anything, yet, though. I hardly feel compelled to do so, it absolutely pwns already.

[korosu]

Originally Posted by Gauvenator

I was thinking of that, but my northbridge cooler would be in the way on my P5N-E SLI. Oh and I only have 1 slot between my graphics card slots.

that's the thing about some of these thermalright heatsinks - they're awesome, but in order to really use them, you have to use them together.

that is to say, if you want to run SLI with some HR-03 VGA heatsinks, you'd have to use a different northbridge heatsink that would allow it the clearance. thus you'd end up using the HR-05 on the northbridge, and oh by the way, my northbridge is connected to my southbridge by heatpipe, so i'd have to replace both.

but crap! my HR-05 is bumping into my tuniq tower.. i may as well fix this by putting on a thermalright ultra 120 extreme and mounting it horizontally to blow out the top of my case. hell, while i'm at it building a thermalright metropolis inside my case, i might as well get some HR-09s to cool the vregs.

but where do i put the fans?

i think i'm gonna get a pair of arctic cooling accelero S1s for my GTs, when i get them.

with the "turbo module" fans strapped on, does anyone know if these will fit in SLI?

[Gauvenator]

The Accelero S1 looks is SLI compatible. Good idea...I wasn't aware this cooler was compatible. I think this is what I'll go for too. Looks like it might even fit with my soundcard directly under it.

[nytevizion]

Originally Posted by Gauvenator

nytevizion can you post a picture with it in the case plz?

You can barely see my sound card at the bottom, below the fan on the HR-03. I could have mounted it the other way except my chipset cooler is too tall. If I was using a standard heatsink on my cpu, it would also probably be in the way.

http://clandjk.com/nytevizion/images/new2/100_1652.JPG