Thanks for the quick responses!

I will post in the other forums as soon as I can, and as for the dust, its all good.

Besides, this GPU has been giving me some problems so maybe it's time to upgrade to a 7850/7870 eh?

I thought that a Radeon HD 6850 should get some relatively good speeds, as it is a fairly new as well as mid-high-end card.

Using GUIMiner, I was getting around 140Mhash/s, which isn't terrible, but shouldn't I be getting better?
Using  Bitminter, I was getting 190Mhash/s, an improvement, but I was overheating, with temps as high as 84C.

I am currently mining on BitMinter, underclocked to 600MHz, in an attempt to not overheat.  I have also re-installed my drivers, with no effect.

Anyone have any tips? Or are these speeds to be expected for this card?

Cheers

Hi, I have a Radeon HD 6850 and I tend to get around 190 Mhps, which is O.K. for me.  My problem is that even with my GPU fan at 100%, leaving the BitMinter client on for more than 1 minute will skyrocket my GPU's temp to exceeding 80C.

Is there any way that I can slow down/limit the mining to make it work less, and reduce the heat produced?

(Apologies for possible newbie-questions, still new to bitcoin mining)

Cheers