My computer, doing nothing is running at 74c and i have 2 120 mm fans and 3 80 mm fans going. I have the 4850 series with the 8.8 hotfix and its still hot!? why could this be?
...umm...lower MHz means it runs cooler... generally, Graphics cards run cooler because they don't have as effective coolers due to space limitations... but if you have a good-quality dual-slot cooler, you can get your load temps really low.
The 4850 cards run hot by nature, there's a manual fix for it, involves editing some XML file... someone here would know.