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That flow-through cooling looks like it would be really good though. I might go for the FE cards this time around.

I have a Micro-ATX case for my PC and am a little skeptical that flow-through would well for that form factor because the intakes are on the bottom of the card.

True - in my case I have intake fans at the bottom too so I was excited to see that

It will probably be fine. I've used powerful graphics cards in super-cramped ITX cases and didn't have a problem. I think people overestimate how much cooling these things really need.

Any temps below 80C at load are perfectly safe and shouldn't result in throttling -- the same is true for CPUs. If you aim for lower temps than 80C, you aren't going to get better performance, although lower temps are a good way to get your computer to run more quietly.

>If you aim for lower temps than 80C, you aren't going to get better performance

You're not directly going to get better performance, but you can run higher clocks for longer before throttling, leading to higher performance.

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