Is it adviceable to install a cooling fan on my video card heatsink?

I'm using ATI Radeon Gecube 9250 128mb 3D card with Acer Veriton 5200, Pentium 4, 1.7ghz, 512mb, 60gb HDD.... I'm living in Malaysia so the weather is hot and I'm not allowed to switch on the air conditioner all the time, yet my computer is always on (24hours) and i play games for almost the whole day.. I'm afarid that i might fry the video card as it doesn't comes with it's own heatsink fan...|||Hi,

It can't do any harm to install a fan on your video card. As with any electronic equipment, the cooler it runs, the better. Remember that as with anything, your card was built to a price, so the manufacturer installed a metal heatsink, which is less expensive than a fan & heatsink. Therefore put a fan on, it can't harm it.|||Graphics cards can go up to very high temperatures - the newer ones give an alert at 250 degrees C. Get a fan if you truly believe that it necessary, and it won't have any detrimental effects, so go ahead.|||honestly it can't hurt as long as you don't short circuit any wires. just tap it into a 5+ volt power source on your motherboard. although i'm not sure they make aftermarket heatsinks/fans for graphics cards (but then of course you do live on the asian continent, greatest continent in the world for electronics and accessories. you never know...).anyways i holped this helped.