Acer Aspire AX3400 Card Upgrade

Hey support forum.

I recently installed a new graphics card in the above PC model type as shown here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004XANP0U/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i00

My main concern is that the card seems to be getting rather hot (60 degrees c+) even though it's on idle (as in not gaming) and when it did get tested on some games it appeared to run at 80-90 degrees which I spotted in like 5 mins thanks to the warning system and exited game to lower the temp.

Should the card be replaced with one that has a proper fan that will go under the vent or are the temp readings not telling the truth?

Saw a thread on here that referred to an Nvidia card 400 or 600 series also from ASUS and it had practically the exact same design on the card as this AMD/ATI one and was called safe, so is this one safe?

Think it was this thread - http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=1553712#post1553712

That thread refers to this design - http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb... Ready Video Card&x=20&y=24&tag=10xxx10081-21

Both card designs look pretty similar yes?

So anyway, new card needed? Or maybe some venting for the case? Hope you can help me out Any info needed just ask.

From Chris

 

Minor Quick Update:

Rough Specs of the AX3400 - http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/desktop/2010/acer/aspire/aspirex3400/aspirex3400sp2.shtml

Temp Readings came from 2 sources - ASUS SmartDoctor and GPU-Z programs.