This question must have been asked many times before, but from one PC to another this subject may vary between machines. First off, I have an ASUS P67 Sabertooth mobo, it has "thermal armor" which is supposed to avoid heat from affecting other components as well as vice versa. Of course this won't make a huge difference, but from what I have read it does make a few degree difference on the CPU in particular. There are only 2 PCIE slots on this mobo, and of course with the P67 boards they are limited to 8x slots rather than 16x. I have read that when gaming with say one monitor and with a average screen resolution, the PCIE slot speed does not make much of a difference (my screen resolution is 1920x1080). Is this true? As for my case, it's mid size, 1x 120mm front, 2x 120mm side fans blowing air in. 1x 120mm back, 1x 140mm top fans blowing out. My power supply sits at the bottom of the case with it's top fan blowing air up onto my second GTX570. My power supply guarantee's that it does not reach temperatures higher than 40c, hence the air blown up onto my second GPU shouldn't be hot.
When idle, ASUS AI Suite reads
PCIE-1: 34c
PCIE-2 30c
With EVGA OC Scanner
GPU1: 37c
GPU2: 44c
I find it curious that I get 2 very different readings from both software. However, when playing a graphic intensive game, example BF3, AI Suite gives readings of both cards within 40-50c range, where as EVGA OC Scanner reads 60-70c. What temperature should my cards be running at when idle, and when loaded? Also, why are these softwares giving off different readings. Does AI Suite only take into consideration the actual slot temperature?
When idle, ASUS AI Suite reads
PCIE-1: 34c
PCIE-2 30c
With EVGA OC Scanner
GPU1: 37c
GPU2: 44c
I find it curious that I get 2 very different readings from both software. However, when playing a graphic intensive game, example BF3, AI Suite gives readings of both cards within 40-50c range, where as EVGA OC Scanner reads 60-70c. What temperature should my cards be running at when idle, and when loaded? Also, why are these softwares giving off different readings. Does AI Suite only take into consideration the actual slot temperature?