mhhh----what fans are installed or not? maybe ur air-flow is bad
gpu´s can heat up up to 100 C and more

so, mabe a fan could help
try to test temp with open case

Everything is standard in my Dell.

is this prob since cat 4.3?
i can remember that a cat had some failures with temp , so some cards heated too much up

or was it Geforce?.....sorry can´t remember?

but ur prob since 4.3?

how long do u use ur Dell? (since? how old)

nope Biene there is not temp problem .. thsi is long tome ago with 3.8.5
but anyway ... just put your finger on the metal of you card and feel how warm it is ...
my 9800 pro gets more then warm but not to hot that you cant touch it anymore ...

My Dell is only 1 year old

Open up your PC case, and look around. check for dirt, the fan for GPU is sticking properly. Or install a new GPU heat sink combo fan. The other posibility is that the software detacts it wrongly.

Use riva tuner and u will get 20'c less temperatures. The card does expel alot of heat into the case. If u change stock cooling, probably not a good idea unless you really take care, then u will need a fan to cool the memory chips which will need to be heatsinked.

Mine is at 60'c or slightly above in control panel.

as far as i know its not uncommon that they reach those temperatures.

Actually when i go into the case the card is really hot, to the point where i do not want to burn myself, so this is what i am going to i am going to build my own system:
Case- Cooler Master ATC-201B-BXT Aluminum Case No Power Supply
Power Supply- Antec 480w TrueBlue480 ATX-12V Power Supply
CPU- Intel P4 3.2 GHz 512K S478 (800 MHz FSB)
MB- Asus P4C800 Deluxe w/Audio/GB Lan/Raid/IEEE/S-ATA
SDRAM- Corsair 512 MB DDR 400 CL25 2 of these so it will equal 1 GB
HD- WD 74GB 8MB 10000rpm S-ATA WD740GD
DVD- Toshiba 16X DVD Rom
FD- 1.44 MB Mitsumi
Sound Card- Creative SB Audigy 2 Zs Plainum
CDRW- LG GCE-8525BI 52X32X52 CD-RW
OS- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition w/SP1
Software- Nero Burning ROM ***
Software- Power DVD XP
Fan- P4 Cooling Fan
i hope that this help the airflow issue and be a kick ass system

mhhhh...Floppy?...u really need it ?
i mean SOMEtimes i use it but it´s so seldom that i could forget it

Corsair....Cas 2,5?....why not Cas 2?

Soundcard....GREAT Choice ! *smile*

LG burner....mhh... i got an Mitsumi 52x burner.....runs very fine!

So....the question is
Will it help to cool down ur GFX?
it an expensive question !

but the rig would be great !

if the GPU cooler is not that hot as you say.. don't bother ... just keep on playing and clean PC from time to time thats all

Actually when i go into the case the card is really hot, to the point where i do not want to burn myself, so this is what i am going to i am going to build my own system:
Case- Cooler Master ATC-201B-BXT Aluminum Case No Power Supply
Power Supply- Antec 480w TrueBlue480 ATX-12V Power Supply
CPU- Intel P4 3.2 GHz 512K S478 (800 MHz FSB)
MB- Asus P4C800 Deluxe w/Audio/GB Lan/Raid/IEEE/S-ATA
SDRAM- Corsair 512 MB DDR 400 CL25 2 of these so it will equal 1 GB
HD- WD 74GB 8MB 10000rpm S-ATA WD740GD
DVD- Toshiba 16X DVD Rom
FD- 1.44 MB Mitsumi
Sound Card- Creative SB Audigy 2 Zs Plainum
CDRW- LG GCE-8525BI 52X32X52 CD-RW
OS- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition w/SP1
Software- Nero Burning ROM ***
Software- Power DVD XP
Fan- P4 Cooling Fan
i hope that this help the airflow issue and be a kick ass system

I think u already stated that ur system is hot, and I believe you, you probably live in a hotter region in America and even in cool weather these things produce alot of heat. The manufacturing process was first used in r9700pro running 325Mhz core, and to use the same process to reach 412mhz default apparently is quite a feat. Everyone knows that modern graphics cards produce more and more heat. I believe 60'c unless u live in the artic for stock cooling is as good as it gets.

I would search a few forums to find what your what the best intel combination of motherboard, cpu and RAM is before you buy. That is if u are set on intel. You really need to find out any possible problems, or good combinations now before you part with your cash. Also a good heatsink is probably worth getting if u plan to overclock. Need mucho research to be done. GL. :angel: