ATI Radeon 9800 XT (no overdrive) in Lian-Li PC-V1000 case (upside down mobo) Ambient temp: 30C
Stock HSF (Idle: 60C; load: 70+C)
ATI Silencer 3 (Idle: 50C; load: 59C)
BFG 6800GT (370/1000)
Idle: 66C (ambient according to the card: 48C)
Load: 83C (ambient according to the card: 60C) (load temps taken after running RTHDRIBL 1.2 for roughly ten minutes in windowed mode)
take a look at this Anandtech 6600gt article for some answers to the 6600gt question. It doesn't totally answer your question but does give you some clues.
You can't really say that because sometimes the case affects the card temps too, so it's hard to tell since the cards are tested in different environments.
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