Temperatures on vista 64 with mac pro

Hello all,
I just installed vista 64 on my mac pro (early 2008) with geforce 8800gt. Performance is great, but I am kinda worried about the temperature of the hardware.
After a couple of minutes of gaming my fans start running fast (I think it's the gpu one) to keep the hardware cool.
I installed to check my temperatures and it seems my gpu is running at 85 degrees celcius and my memory between 55 and 60.
The cores of my cpu are between 40 and 50.
Does this seem ok? Isn't 85 a bit hot for the cpu?
Thanks

The 8800GT can take 85*C but it is high, and that card doesn't have the best fan or cooling. Most GPUs can take 90-105*C. Mine never would go below 55-58 C. A new EVGA GTS 250 1GB though runs at a nice 40* but obviously only works in Windows.
You definitely want the latest 190.xx drivers of course.
I use to install two apps to help. EVGA Precision to control the graphic card, InputRemapper will keep some (3) of your regular fans at 1000 rpm or above. The system waits too long before the fans kick in.
The cpu is warmer than I like but your FBDIMMs are actually great temps and to be envied.

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