NVidia 6800 Ultra working temperatures?

Hi,
I've upgraded my Powermac from ATI 9650 to nVidia 6800 Ultra.
Temperature Monitor displays that the card's chip is 67 degrees Celsius hot,
under normal conditions, simple work in finder, no GPU-intensive
stuff. Just want to know if this is OK? What are your experiences
with this card, any problems with overheating?
Thanks,
Michal

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Originally posted by Wulverine
btw, I had the same motherboard you have now..good performer, had a power supply go tits up, and had to replace it...with this echostar..it has similiar numbers to your ps.
If you can afford the 6800...buy it..it rocks...if not..the ti-4200 is what I ran before..and in every test it outran all the FX cards, with the exception of the 5900 and the 5950...less vid effects..but a much more stable and solid performer for me.
had much better benchmarks..and there was a 20 fps difference in Doom3, from the FX 5500 to the Ti-4200..with the Ti, easily whippin the pants off the FX card.
Hi,
You don't have MSI mainboard anymore? You have Echostar?
Latest bios is not always BEST for system you have......... 3.9 and 3.A slows more system down...........
Anyway:-
My old FX5200, does what I need. Plays all games, including the Doom3 & HL2. Plays Blitzkrieg better than 9000 pro....
When you beat me in F@H Team 37766 Catch22.......... I might upgrade.....
Catch Me if you can...................Red Rockets F@H Team
Del

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For anyone wondering, the 6800 Ultra works fine in the mobo .
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