Radeon HD 3870 overheating in Boot Camp

I'm on an early 2008 Mac Pro with a Radeon 3870 that's never given me any trouble, but ever since upgrading to Lion and Windows 7, I get overheating issues in Boot Camp -- the monitor shuts down and the system freezes, needing a hard reboot.
Has anyone else had issues like this? I'm unsure whether to tweak the card (thermal paste, using software to force the fan on) or to upgrade to one of the newer Radeons.

boost gpu fan and system's fans ATI Caralyst or Revo
might even want to look into a 5770?

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