High temp for Nvidia 7900GS

[miocene]

I've noticed my Nvidia Geforce 7900GS is idling at 71 degrees C. This is with no videos/games/graphics intensive apps running at all (just FF etc). This seems very high for an idling GPU. Will my card be damaged at these temps or higher if I play a game?

 

[Mousemonkey]

Re-seat\replace that HSF, pronto.

 

[uncfan_2563]

yeah and also make sure there isnt a bunch of dust clogged in your heat sink

 

[AKM880]

You can use a can of compressed air to clean out any dust thats stuck in the 7900GS's HS.