Is there any way you can make a hole in the back of the desk, on the desktop, or move the desk out a bit? That way you could put a fan above that fan you already have set up to extract hot air out the top - cause hot air rises.
Theres a wall in the back of the desk so making a hole isn't an option, I guess I can move out the desk to create additional space ( not too much more...maybe 6 inches max but I don't really know what that will accomplish. Putting another fan above isn't a bad idea since your right hot air does rise...although I have to create a platform of some sort to hold it.
unless its already hot in ur room, the card should not be getting that hot, in which case ur should rma it. Ull prob get back a newer card anyway becuase i doubt they have 8800gtx's lying around.external fans wont do ****. unless they are full size fans becuase ur gonna need huge cfm/loud fans to do the job 1/2 effectively. the gtx is a hot card and usually gets about 80c in load but should egt too much higher than that, so i say rma it. the other solutions are not worth ur while.
Yeah I see what your saying, back in the day when it was brand new it ran at like 70-80ish load, I guess just over time it had that whole expansion/contraction thing problem so its picking up heat, that and dust probably too. So I appreciate all your guys input on the situation and I'm sticking with my decision to RMA it and hoping they will give me a better one. I don't really know about a 9800 gtx if its weaker or more powerful then a 8800 gtx, sure it is definately more efficient when it comes to heat but the whole memory bus of 256 instead of 368 or whatever should be a factor?