HR-03 ram heatsinks get really hot

[capncrunk]

I have an EVGA 8800 GTS 640 MB, and have the HR-03 installed with the ram heatsinks stuck on with Arctic Alumina. I let ATItool run to find my max memory clock and at around 1000 MHz, I went and stuck my finger on the little heatsinks under the heat pipe. It seemed way too hot, but I've never done this before. Also I read of people pushing their memory clock rates to about twice that. I'm afraid that if I keep going till I see artifacts I'm going to fry it. Should I get some kind of thermometer and stop when the ram gets to a certain temp, or am I worried about nothing?

 

[itotallybelieveyou]

we talking 60c, 70c, 80c, 130c?

 

[capncrunk]

I dunno, I don't have a ram temp sensor, I don't think. Nothing in Rivatuner was reporting the level of heat I was feeling on my ram. It was certainly hotter than the heat pipes when the GPU was at 60 degrees.

 

[itotallybelieveyou]

just put on atitool 3d view then monitor your gpu temps. Personally I have 8800 GTX idle at 70c. I don't really care cause I don't lose any performance. Don't worry too much about temps these cards handle high 80s fine.

 

[Hatman]

Unless its so hot you cant keep your finger on it for 10seconds then its ok.