Noisey Graphics card, overheating?

[Zurtex]

I built a computer for my mums boyfriend a few months back, it included a ATi 2600 XT.

The Graphics Card started getting rather noisey, to the level of being quite a nuisance (the rest of the PC is almost silent). I tried tightening the screws, but the didn't help much and it has recently being get much worse.

Furthermore, in the last couple of daying, playing high end games the computer has died (the monitor just doesn't have any output at all), I think it may be the graphics card overheating. I've tried tightening and loosening the screws to no avail, here are some pictures of the card:

http://zurtex.googlepages.com/GFX001.jpg
http://zurtex.googlepages.com/GFX003.jpg
http://zurtex.googlepages.com/GFX007.jpg

Do you think it'd be worth buying a new VGA fan or something :-/? It's certainly still within it's warrenty (which is the other awkward thing as I can't remove the heatsink without voiding the warrenty).

 

[will889]

I would send it in for an RMA

 

[BernardP]

Logic:

Noise=bad fan not running at normal speed=overheating

The card should be returned as it is under warranty. Why risk 30-40 bucks on a good fan if, despite apparent logic, the problem is not with the fan.

It will always be time to replace the fan with a better one, when the warranty is over.