MSI R4870-MD1G Core Clock 600Mhz / 750 Mhz ??

Hi,
I have a couple of questions I hope you can help me about the MSI R4870-MD1G.
I purchased this card last march, and its been handling all the latest games with ease, and under normal conditions the Core temp runs pretty cool (around 49ºC/53ºC Idle) with average 40/50% duty cycle.
But, the memory temperature is quite high, inbetween 70ºC/ 72ºC idle all the way up to 79ºC/82ºC load.... and since we´ve hit the summer here in sunny Portugal, both core and memory are now a couple degrees higher, even got to 89ºC once a couple days ago. So last night I opened up Rivatuner 2.24 and created a faster fan speed profile to cool down the card.
While I was in Rivatuner, I noticed in Rivatuner Hardware Monitoring, that in idle (windows desktop) the Core Clock is oscillating between 600Mhz and 750Mhz every second. 1 second its 600Mhz, the next its 750Mhz (Memory Clock just stays the same at 900Mhz) ... while in load it stays at 750Mhz.
Is this behavior normal? A power saving mode or something?? If it isnt normal, how can I set it to stay at 750Mhz ?
Also, about the memory temperature... isn´t 70ºC idle and 82ºC load a bit high??
They dont have heatsinks, and I dont know, what is the max temperature these memory chips can handle??
Speeding up the fan to 100% duty doesn´t cool it more then just a couple degrees, I think the max I could cool it to was 68ºC.
Thanks for your assistance,

Yes its normal VGA changes clocks depend of needs.

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problem is that im getting artifacts when i play games. There are some pixels and triangles all over the screen.
i think there is problem with heat in memory. when i exit game and check memory temp says it's 84 C and my fan speed is at 70%
i\'ve been using latest catalyst drivers but i\'ve also tried older catalyst drivers.
My pc:
Coolermaster Haf case
750 watt power supply by CM
core i5 750
4gb ddr3
p55 based motherboard.
S/N for msi r4870-md1g:
602-V174-020B0908292487
Day of purchase: 18.09.2009 (dd.mm.yyyy)
place of purchase: Finland
games played: Crysis, Call of Duty,the last remnant
Thank you for your support.
i've uploaded problem of this video here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K1ETUTKC
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Originally posted by akchill1
Hello there, Recently upgraded my video card & when I ran 3DMARK03 it shows my core clock @ 54 MHz & memory clock @ 100 MHz ?? ?? ??
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