Further research shows that a selection of these cards have some assembly issues, especially with the mounting of heat sinkes and application of thermal paste. People have dropped the temps a bit by applying there own paste.
Also, putting a fan near the card seemed to help matters a bit more...
I am considering getting a Gigabyte 6600GT, specifically the GV-NX66T128VP with passive cooling. The plus points seem to be:
- quiet due to passive cooling (a high priority for me, I hate fan noise)
- good included software bundle
- good performance
- vivo
However, all the reviews I have...
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