[GeForce 6] overheating msi 6600gt card

hi all,
       ive had my msi 6600gt for about 4 months and for the past 3 days its been acting funny, lagging games so i cleaned out my pc and updated the drivers but its still the same. while i was cleaning the graph card i noticed the fan is quite hard to spin round, unlike my processor and case fan which spin easily. i thought i would check the temp in my nvidia display.
heres what i see
core slow down threshold 127c
gpu core temperature 84c
ambient 59c
thats with only this screen running, no other applications are running. the heat shoots up over 127 if i try and play guild wars or moh. i think i have an overheating prob can anyone confirm this and what should my temperatures be. thankyou
everything is at its default settings as i dont tweak anything, i get whatever it gives me. dont forget that its been doing this only for 3 days.
i,m a noobie technician   with pcs but heres what i can find about my specs
intel pent 4   3.00ghz
msi gt6600 128 mb graph card
creative sound blaster live 5.1
2.gb 333mhz ram
80gig hd

ive had the fan on and both doors off and here are the readings while the room fan was running
while running guild wars      gpu= 59
                                        ambient = 43
while not running anything       gpu= 46
                                            ambient= 36
i have to point out that the earlier readings that u said were sky high were with the pc with the doors already off, i usually dont have the doors on. plus i have had only lagging effects for 3 days

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