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The vid cards take air from inside the case and exhaust it out thru the vents by the monitor outputs.
The thing that works best is what keeps the box the coolest. Unobstucted airflow is the key. Having the large fan on case side, interfered with video card cooling. Airflow from one fan can and does interfere with airflow from other fans.
I have altered the case side fans airflow on two separate case designs. Both times resulted in lower vid card temps. The HAF 932 with its bottom tray cpu cutout offered a bonus. Putting a case fan on bottom tray side added further cooling to cpu. +/-10C
I also added little card board vents to channel airflow to specific components, specifically the cpu fans.
A little common sense goes along way.