I am sad to say that Video cards made other than by the original manufacture suck. I went out yesterday and picked me up the HD 2600 Xt ATI card and installed it. Dang thing made my computer go for an average 50 degree temp range playing HL2 to over 115 before shutting my rig down.
This was a Sapphire brand. I have always had exceptional performance with true ATI products over the years. And yes I do have NVIDIA in my other rig as well.
Anyone else ever run across this problem?

Is there an actual fan on the graphics card, or is it cooled some other way. I know the newer cards get VERY hot if they are not cooled properly. DO you have a model number for your card?

Yes there is a fan; I would never buy a video card without one. I have six fans inside of my case. I play a lot of graphic intense games when I have the chance to. BF2, Halo, ect.

The only problem I have had is the ID 10 T error.

Sorry, just covering the 101. Did you tweak the fan settings? It might help.

No, I should begin saying not until I had the blue screen of death from XP. Just can seem to get the heat down from the card. I probably am going to take the video card back on Monday.

Np, Its all good. I didn't think to post about the amount of cooling I have.