Nice to hear that the zalman is good, i have been thinking about getting one for my card. BTW did your friend have the Alcu or the Cu version? My GT is ok, but at stock speeds i idle at 50c winter, 54c summer, and my full load normally ends up around the mid 70s, but when i play FEAR for a long time it shoots up to 82c. This is not to my liking but what is crap is that i have a pci exaust fan below my card, and a 80mm fan blowing from the bottom of my case up towards my vid card at a bit of an angle. Adding those two things keeps my temps respectable, if i take them out my card idles at 55c and creeps up to 60c after running a long time idle. God only knows how high it gets, i saw 87c once then i added the extra cooling as fast as i could.