Hm, I believe so...
Getting the temperatures back I used to have in older Socket7-Systems for example, really requires massive cooling on 133MHz FSB systems.
I remember losing quite a few Fans to my Voodoo3's, as their Bearings could not stand the extreme Thermal conditions for more than a few weeks, sometimes only few days at best (all systems running 24/7) (!)
That was actually one of the reasons I don't have my V3-3500 running right now (only one V3-3000 remaining in active duty).
I got a fairly cheap Voodoo4 instead, which seems to run completely normal, whereas the Voodoo3 3500 was literally able to cook water or eggs (I'm not kidding !).
I used the very same Card several years ago on a MSI-6167 (Slot A) with an Athlon 500, and it never got remotely as hot as it was running now
The very same experience I had with a Voodoo3-2000, after moving it onto a new Motherboard. I was shocked to see this otherwise "cool Card" running lightning hot on the new Motherboard, although it was only 100MHz FSB...
I never found a cure for those issues, and until your findings this remained a mystery unexplained to me, and many others...