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X1800 XT... How hot is too hot to handle (and for how long)?

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The temp of my X1800 XT is around 55'c idle, however i was playing some 'tomb raider: legend' today with everything maxed out and after a few slow downs on heavy action scenes (i.e. the 1st level with the 2 helicopters) i went to look in my control centre and noticed the card had jumped up to 75'c.

This worried me a little, sometimes i can play a game for half a day none stop and i was wondering if it could cope for that amount of time at that temperature?

It's not overclocked or anything either, i dare do any overclocking to it now.

I was also thinking of taking out one of my fans (5 fans going and only one of them bugs me with its noise level) but i don't think i will now.

What kinda temp results do you get on idle and under heavy load?

Thanks in advance for your response and input upon this matter.
 
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