EVGA 9800GT running hot

[PorPorMe]

The 9800GT 512Mb is running 70c to 73c with just my folding clients running. I'v quit being able to OC much.
I cleaned it out ad thought mabye the thermal compound went bad so I was going to replac it. To my surprise, there are 10 chips in a half circle around the GPU. But they don't have just thermal compond but a thermal pad that has to be a certian thickness for this card.
EVGA forums are coming up with very little so far so do any of you guys have some info on this?

[ihrsetrdr]

I've been re-applying thermal compound to all 9 of my 8800/9800 series folding GPUs. I just focus on the GPU chip itself and notice a decent drop in temps(10~15C) after cleaning up the old compound and putting new on.

As for OCing- for folding there is almost no gain(except more heat) in upping the core and mem clocks; just clocking the shaders is what improves production. Some people underclock the core to reduce heat, with little measurable drop in pointd.

[jason4207]

The thermal pads are common on just about every card on the market. They're used on the RAM chips.

Clean the core and HS w/ isopropyl alcohol and apply new paste. I use MX-2 and it works great.