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Post Date: 2009-04-04
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    Posted: 04 Apr 2009 at 1:48am
I just wanted to know if anyone has tried the Accelero Xtreme on each of a TRI-SLI system with three GTX 285's.  I have been scavenging the internet for some information on this but haven't found anything.  I am looking for information on whether it has clearance between for each card with the cooler attached.
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I would contact arctic cooling and ask them.  I use the accelero extreme 9800 on a 680i board, and didnt have the room for sli with the coolers on.  I dont know about the current x58 boards thouigh
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I'm curious about this as well for my 260's. Did you find an answer to this yet aperrigo? I am confused as to how it is SLI compatible. The 200 series of Nvidia cards are pretty much touching each other as is in any SLI configuration. I would think there is no room to fit a cooler on both my cards.

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I sent them a question asking them about it myself.  The only board i know that it fits for sure is the MSI x48 board.  But, since that is old news for those gettin the new stuff, i sent them asking about the EVGA x58 board.  That was yesterday.  I have sent questions before, usually takes 2-3 days for them to respond.  Will post here with their exact reply when the let me know!
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Alright, thanks. I'll be waiting haha
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The design looks like it disperses alot of heat in the case, this would cause the ambient temps to be alot higher possibly resulting in a cpu temp rise...
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As far as spacing goes..from the dimensions mentioned on their site I think the cooler is the same thickness as the stock cooler attached.  I am just waiting for them to respond to me.  I may have to harrass them to get an answer.  I will post benchmarks on the temps I see for the stock 285 coolers. 
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@Dsnewb:

 

The design actually takes the three fans and pushes the air to the outside of the case via the back of the card.  I have one on my 9800 GTX, and works flawlessly.  Very quiet also.  I have mine set at 50% and its silent.  Idles in the 30's, on game loads its at around 55-60.  At 100% you can hear it,but not overly much, and load temps are in the 40's, with prime running it reaches around 64.  Still phenomenal.
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The idle/load temps are pretty impressive, although from my experience prime95 will not cause the graphics cards to work very much. If you want a stress tester for the gpus I recommend furmark.

Ive just never been a big fan of aftermarket vga cooling solutions because 9 out of 10 times they don't work as well as the stock cooling. To each his own though... Ouch
 
 
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This has been the first ive used that actually worked as advertised, so i definately understand your reluctance.  That and the price tag are enuff to make you take pause.  The stock cooler does a good enuff job per mfg specs on cooling, its just not quiet enuff for me personally.  Running mine at 50% is better than the stock on 100% and near silent, so its perfect for me.   All my opinion naturally.  But i am a believer in their products generally speaking.  Very high quality stuff.
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I believe they would work as well...I wish I had a phone number for the Artic Cooling company...I only have there address and fax number..
I have left several emails to them with no reply.
BUT,  I got a response from Thermalright saying that no motherboard would support TRI SLI with their VGA Cooler.  Wish I deleted that email after I read that...I head from one website that someone actually DUAL SLI'd with these coolers...which is understandable, but I have 3 of them.  I may have to look at the specs again and figure out if it is the same width as the stock heatsink.
Until I hear from AC or some other manufacturer about this I don't plan on doing it.
Thank you everyone for giving me your opinion...once I get more info on it I will definitely share the wealth.
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After waiting for a week for them to respond, all they have done is request for some of their other specialists to try and answer my question.

So now I am thinking about finding a thermoelectric cooling kit for a TRI-SLI system..I will open up a new discussion board for that question. 

Otherwise, DSO can close this one out...I can't seem to get any validation on my question posed to ArticCooling.
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