The problem is confined to the 7900 series cards, and only with vendors that
aggressively overclock them out of the factory (notable ones are XFX and
eVGA).

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Well, the latest Nvidia cards (7900 series) indeed do have serious heat
problems, especially the versions that are clocked higher by default
than the generic version...

That's not good. I hope 6800 doesn't have that problem.