depends if you like the noise that a squirrel cage cooler makes. their bearings seem to ware out sooner. their also generally not as effective at cooling with a difference of 20-30'c depending on the card. I have 680s that top out between 60-65'c and thats even after 2-3hrs of non-stop BF4 on ultra settings.
Really? Every one of my graphics cards in the last eight years or so, apart from my 6850s and one 1950Pro, has had a blower/squirrel cage fan. That's two 1950Pros, a 9800GTX+, two GTS250s, two 3870s, two 4870s, two 6850s, and three 7970s. Not one has worn out (even the one that gets dusty as hell and is still in use, my trusty 9800GTX+). On the other hand, one of the two fans on the 6850s seized, and the fan on the 1950Pro that had a Zalman vf700 on it did as well.
Don't get me wrong, I don't necessarily like the blowers better. They are loud as hell and need a decent amount of room to breathe. The point is that even with almost every one of those having their fan speeds increased for the time I ran them, I haven't had a single one fail or even start to squeal.
