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I have an NVIDIA GeForce GT 430 graphics card. I'm getting a temperature of 39-40.0°C in idle, is that ok? Whats the ideal temperature for that card on idle?

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I have seen cards work fine at 80°C. It is normal to see 40°C-50°C – Kevin Jul 2 '11 at 2:50
It's fine, don't worry. – Catalyst Jul 2 '11 at 3:49
@Catalyst I converted to a comment because it was short, and though technically an answer, I felt that it was better as a comment, unless you expanded it a little more...Feel free to edit your comment and expand, and undelete if you like. Cheers! :) – studiohack♦ Jul 2 '11 at 3:59
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by reading the specs of your graphic card you can see that the (safe) maximum temperature is something near 98°C. everything below is ok. the temperature of your graphic card should be room temperature (20°C) if you have turned your machine off. so, 45°C are just additional 20°C ontop of the "bottom" line, which is absolutely fine. my (passivly cooled) gt430 idles around 50-55°C, gaming pushes that up to 80-90°C.

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