So I've had a i7 960 for about three years now (should have waited...). My temps have always been on the high side, but I've heard that's normal for this card. I'd like to overclock it slighty since it's getting older (around 3.6-8). I recently tried to redo the tim on my card to see if I could shave off a few degrees and ended up getting an evo (had a 212 before so same dif.) My temps actually went up! (From around 43-45 to 47-49 on the slight overclock). I think my case ventilation is fine and I've tried every method I've found of applying tim.
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.6GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4094MB RAM
Page File: 3047MB used, 5139MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 960 @ 3.20GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.6GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 4094MB RAM
Page File: 3047MB used, 5139MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode