Quote Originally Posted by crystogod View Post
I'm sure if the blower (intake) was obstructed it would start to feed from the rear ports. Can someone please get a GTX280 and cover the FAN with a piece of paper and observe the result from the rear ports?
The GTX280 does not use the same type of fan (axial) as ATI's coolers do (radial). Your experiment is flawed from the beginning. =P