Need opinoin - aftermarket zalman video card cooler

Hey guys Im lookin to get an opinoin on this, Im not sure what I should do.

so I have an EvGA Nvidia 7900GT and I had the stock cooler on it but I took off the stock and put an aftermarket Zalman VGA Cooler on it.

Now when I had the stock cooler on I was running 43C on idle and after playing a game for hours so it never changed.

With the Zalman I am idling at 37C which is nice but when I play a game my temp shoots up to 45C - 50C so what would you do?

I don't know if I should put the stock back on because the temp stayed the same or if I should keep this cooler on because it idles nicer. Does the higher temp while game play going to effect the card that much or, I haven't seen any problems or effects while playing with the higher temp.

Thanks

Antec 900 Gaming Case
Xinfinity SLI 500W PSU
EvGA Nvidia 680i SLI
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
Cosair 2 x 1GB DDR2800
EvGA Nvidia 7900GT
2 Seagate 320GB Sata 3GB/s Raid 0

When i put my Zalman cpu fan it took about two days for it two perform well

Well yes the higher temps will affect the card when playing games but like you say it is idling lower so i say pretty much balances out

Unless you really get alarming temperatures your card will be fine till you need to upgrade to a dx10 card

Yeah same I am waiting for the 8800GTS to come down in price just a bit more before I go and spend the money on it. It's not my video card is not running well it is running fine and I see no changes in the graphics or anything that would show me that the card is being damaged.

That's what Im just assuming that it kind of equals out, it idles at 37C and then goes high but I can't even be sure if the temp is shows being 50C is true because I am playing Mediavil total war and right as a tap out 2 seconds after the temp shoots down from 50C to 38C so it seems good enough for me

Ya i know my 7900gs does idle high
the weird thing is that i have a 80mm fan 1mm to it's side a 120mm fan about 5cm in front and a super cyclone blower 10cm away sucking air from underneath it

I am thinking on buying a Zalman fan for my card because it does wonders on my cpu 33C idle on amd 3200 at 2.2ghz

I'll get my pics on the pc and see if I have any good ones and if I do I"ll post one up for ya.

Wait a minute! Did I read that right? Are you saying you cut some of the cooling fins off of the Zalman heatsink to make it fit? And, are now worried about the high temps?!

Get the fvck outta here...you're killing me...worried about high temps after cutting off some cooling fins...put the stock cooler back on and STFU!