ATI Radeon 9700 Pro - Heating up & Crashing

[blackDEATH]

hi,
I'm really frustrated about my ATI Radeon 9700 pro agp card. everytime i start some game, like Doom 3 etc. the agp heats up and crashes. I've got an Intel865PERL mainboard. I thought about tweaking the voltage or other settings like 8x or 4x through the BIOS but didn't get any option like that over there. Then i updated the BIOS, but to no avail. I even downloaded the latest GPU drivers. And I don't think this is happening due to some lack of ventilation in the casing. I've got a thermal casing. A few days back i was playing doom 3 and it crashed and 'out of curiosity' i opened up the casing. i touched it and my index finger almost burnt!!! proper ventilation or not, this card is heating up abnormally and i've got a bad feeling that it might blow up and ruin other components in the casing. HELP!!!!!

p.s. the fan attached to the agp is working fine.

 

[truflip]

odd... is it new? go get another one..

 

[vegasgmc]

The Radeon 9700 and 9800 cards run very hot. Try taking the side of the case off and have a fan blowing into the case. If it doesnt crash or takes longer to crash , heat is the problem. My card did the same as yours. I put on a VGA Silencer cooler and havent had a single problem since. I was even able to overclock it.