im confuse!!

d_animality · 04-20-2008, 03:59 AM

hey guys... im confuse here.. i was about to put two 60mm case fan just below my graphic card to cool it as here its hardly to find any pci fan available in the store... the thing im confuse is...

my graphic card is an evga 8800gts.... theres a heatsink on the left and a fan on the right... so im going to put a fan below both of them... the question is... am i suppose to blow air to the heatsink or suck air out of it...? and same goes to the fan on the right.. am i suppose to blow air to it or help it suck air out...?

because if i misblow the fan... it does not help reduce the heat but increase it.. so please guide me here.. thanx in advance!! :)

**Underclocker** · 04-20-2008, 06:31 AM

The 8800GTS has a heatsink fan combo that covers the whole card, so adding fans wouldn't help much with the cooling. But if you must, you should blow air at the existing fan end and suck air from the heatsink end.

d_animality · 04-20-2008, 07:44 AM

well ive change the fan position to suck air out from the heatsink but at the fan i also suck air out from it... are you sure that the fan was blowing air into the VGA cause last tym i tried this.. the temps was rising arnd 3C... the reason im doing this is because i cannot play COD4 lyk bfore.. i dont know why.. the applications just get error after sometimes... while bfore this doesnt happen.. i think that the VGA get heated up that is why im adding some fans... but the temps are kinda okay as idle arnd 52-53 and load (i.e. after the COD4 error) arnd 65C ... hmmm... :S

**Underclocker** · 04-21-2008, 12:59 AM

That's some software error then, not a problem with the card. I don't have a clue as to what's causing that so maybe post the problem in the gaming support forums or something.

d_animality · 04-21-2008, 02:30 AM

okay thanx

04-20-2008, 03:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
d_animality Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brunei Posts: 351 OS: XP Pro SP2 My System	im confuse!! hey guys... im confuse here.. i was about to put two 60mm case fan just below my graphic card to cool it as here its hardly to find any pci fan available in the store... the thing im confuse is... my graphic card is an evga 8800gts.... theres a heatsink on the left and a fan on the right... so im going to put a fan below both of them... the question is... am i suppose to blow air to the heatsink or suck air out of it...? and same goes to the fan on the right.. am i suppose to blow air to it or help it suck air out...? because if i misblow the fan... it does not help reduce the heat but increase it.. so please guide me here.. thanx in advance!! :)

04-20-2008, 06:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
Underclocker Just passing by. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 824 OS: XP Pro SP3 x86 My System	Re: im confuse!! The 8800GTS has a heatsink fan combo that covers the whole card, so adding fans wouldn't help much with the cooling. But if you must, you should blow air at the existing fan end and suck air from the heatsink end.

04-20-2008, 07:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
d_animality Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brunei Posts: 351 OS: XP Pro SP2 My System	Re: im confuse!! well ive change the fan position to suck air out from the heatsink but at the fan i also suck air out from it... are you sure that the fan was blowing air into the VGA cause last tym i tried this.. the temps was rising arnd 3C... the reason im doing this is because i cannot play COD4 lyk bfore.. i dont know why.. the applications just get error after sometimes... while bfore this doesnt happen.. i think that the VGA get heated up that is why im adding some fans... but the temps are kinda okay as idle arnd 52-53 and load (i.e. after the COD4 error) arnd 65C ... hmmm... :S

04-21-2008, 12:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
Underclocker Just passing by. Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 824 OS: XP Pro SP3 x86 My System	Re: im confuse!! That's some software error then, not a problem with the card. I don't have a clue as to what's causing that so maybe post the problem in the gaming support forums or something.

04-21-2008, 02:30 AM	#5 (permalink)
d_animality Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brunei Posts: 351 OS: XP Pro SP2 My System	Re: im confuse!! okay thanx