How to limit FPS?

I have overheating problems, I think.
PC is booting mostly when I enter a mission or zone.

GPU temp is around 40-45°C before I click on a door.
Then the framerate jumps to 500-1500 FPS during loading (1500!!??)
Temperature is climbing to 50-65°C
I've put my fans on more spins now (EVGA Precision) but the sudden jumps in FPS and the loading toegther seems too much. PC turns off, sometimes won't even reboot.
Happens on maps too now. It started a few days ago, was playing the game for months np.

Everything's defragged, undusted, cables checked. So here's my plan:

I want to limit FPS to 60 for all situations in game (loading, idle, small and large zones). How can I do this?

Thanks in advance

XP SP2, 3GB RAM
Intel Duo Core E8400 3.00 GHz
Nvidia 9800 GT
Game on medium to high settings (no Bloom, AA or DoF)

Right click the shortcut for the game.
In the Target: box, add this to the end (without the quotes - the space and hyphen are important):
" -maxfps 60"
-- if you installed to the default location, that would make the Target: box look like this:

"C:\Program Files\City of Heroes\CohUpdater.exe" -maxfps 60

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Enable Vertical Sync. If your monitor is set at 60hz, it wont go any higher than 60fps.

Aggelakis' suggestion is also a good one. You can bring that number down as needed, or even use it as a slash command when loading multiple instances:
/maxfps 30 (for example)

I want a -minimumfps 60 command