05-30-2013, 10:28 PM
(05-30-2013, 09:46 PM)epixoip Wrote: in fact, every benchmark and review i've read so far shows the 7990 actually running cooler than a 7970. now i have yet to verify these claims, as newegg can't seem to keep them in stock long enough for me to purchase one, but it does in fact look quite promising.
This is also testing against gaming which the 6990 faired well on. When computing, the GPU's are stressed much more than just rendering textures.
I could be wrong though, maybe it will be fine, but as a general rule of thumb, dual GPU cards are hard to cool.