Some trouble with a ATI 9800pro

[warriorsquirle]

hey guys i got a prob with a ATI-9800pro-all-in-wonder. it's getten REALLY hot all the time. i have 2 case fans on it and i had the side pannel off but that dosn't seem to help. i don't know what the temp is but it's allmost too hot to touch. i don't really wanna go out and buy a fricken water-cooled thing and waist a lotta money. anyone know of a cheap way to go? my psu is a 2.4 celeron that dosn't even get warm i have a 500 wat PS and 1 512 chip of ram and 1 256 chip, 2 cd drives, and 1 80 GIG hard drive the board is a DFI socet 478. thanks guys hope ya can help

 

[Baby Huey]

I use this aftermarket cooler and I am very pleased with the cooling performance over the stock cooler!!


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835186115

 

[warriorsquirle]

thanks! i'll try it once i get some money.....hope it works better. and do any of you know if it's worth it to buy into a AMD 64bit? i might get one. right now i have a 2.4 and i was thinking about getting a 3.0 but then the 64's came out and for me to get one i would need to spend around $300-400 and for a 3.0 it would be a lil less than $200....so what do u guy's think? 64 or 3.0?

P.S. the 64 i'm looken at is clocked at 2.4 in intel speeds.