The Thermalright Spitfire was specifically designed for side panel cooling in mind. The Spitfire has an unprecedented 6 heatpipes and a 160 x 150mm cooling fin area to quickly and efficiently dissipate as much heat as possible from your video cards GPU. The Spitfire can be used passively if you have side panel fans on your computer case, if not, you can easily install a 140mm or 120mm fan directly to the cooler for active cooling. This VGA cooler fits both ATI and Nvidia cards.