Average GTX 260 C216 temps?

[35g700]

After my card crashed twice when trying to play games (Crysis and Oblivion) I decided I should blow the dust out of my GTX 260. I opened up the case and touched the card, it was extremely hot to the touch; not enough to burn me but much hotter then my previous 4850. I turned off F@H and turned the fan up to 100% I'm getting a constant temp of 43C with no GPU intensive programs.

When I checked riva tuner the card was at 67C after I blew it out and it F@H was running for about 2 mins.

EDIT: with the fan at auto it's getting temps of 51C, with F@H running and a slight overclock I am getting temps of 77C.

 

[H4x3r]

i'm running the card in my sig, and my max temp even with the overclock is around 67c....thats with the fan at 70% though.......might try taking off the overclock when you game...that is more likely the cause

 

[jfenwick]

Mine run around low 60's when folding but the only OC I have on them is the shader. Oh and fan is set at 75%

 

[patonb]

mines gthe same as J. 54C on 5409s, but gets upto 70 on auto.