Video Card Memory Heatsinks?

buildcustompc · 4th Feb 2006, 01:28 PM

I was looking online at some different coolers and heatsinks and noticed vga card memory heatsinks. Would it be good to have heatsinks on a vid cards memory? Or will it make no difference. Just a thought!

Will

1031982 · 4th Feb 2006, 05:45 PM

Honestly, I don't think RAM heatsinks matter anyware. But, I could be wrong.

Max_87 · 4th Feb 2006, 06:34 PM

No, it does matter when it comes to overclocking

Esspecially for higher end cards.

Adrian Wong · 4th Feb 2006, 09:58 PM

It depends on your card, and whether you intend to overclock it or volt-mod it.

But there are people who don't overclock but use them to make their cards look.. cooler.

Olle P · 4th Feb 2006, 10:45 PM

It also depends on the GPU heatsink. Many of these cover the RAM chips as well.

Cheers
Olle

Magicky · 5th Feb 2006, 05:36 PM

After replacing my eVGAs 6800GTs heatsink with Zalmans VF700 CU heatsink and vid RAM coolers I saw a drop from 52-54 C to 46-48 C idle, and running DOOM3 X 1 hour from 60-68 C to 54-60 C. The fact that these NVIDIA GPUs run hot enough to fry eggs has always seemed rather exssive to me, so ANY drop in operating temp is appreciated.

Zalmans {http://www.zalmanusa.com/} has great instalation instructions and shows quite clearly that RAM cooling has a positive effect on overall performance...
Magicky

PowerSlide · 7th Feb 2006, 12:56 AM

get those swiftech bga ramsink..the best of the best "looking" ramsink

buildcustompc · 7th Feb 2006, 02:38 AM

Thanks for the replies. I think I'm good for now but when I upgrade I'll definetly get ram heatsinks.

4th Feb 2006, 01:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
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Magicky Newbie Join Date: 31 Jan 2006 Location: Capitola CAlifornia Posts: 8 Reputation: 0 Rep Power: 0	After replacing my eVGAs 6800GTs heatsink with Zalmans VF700 CU heatsink and vid RAM coolers I saw a drop from 52-54 C to 46-48 C idle, and running DOOM3 X 1 hour from 60-68 C to 54-60 C. The fact that these NVIDIA GPUs run hot enough to fry eggs has always seemed rather exssive to me, so ANY drop in operating temp is appreciated. Zalmans {http://www.zalmanusa.com/} has great instalation instructions and shows quite clearly that RAM cooling has a positive effect on overall performance... Magicky __________________ "By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher." Socrates ASUS A8V Deluxe AMD 3500+ occ 2.4 gig w/Thermaltake XP 90Cu 2 gig Corsair Xtreme PC3200 2.5 3 3 5 eVGA 6800 GT 00c 410/1.110 w/Zalman VF 750 2 Maxtor 36 gig Raptors SATA RAID 0 Ultra XConnect 500 watts all stuffed into Thermaltake Tsunami Dream

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PowerSlide Super Active Join Date: 28 Aug 2004 Location: Penang, Malaysia Posts: 1,402 Reputation: 871 Rep Power: 14	get those swiftech bga ramsink..the best of the best "looking" ramsink

7th Feb 2006, 02:38 AM	#8 (permalink)
buildcustompc Newbie Join Date: 31 Jan 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 12 Reputation: 10 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for the replies. I think I'm good for now but when I upgrade I'll definetly get ram heatsinks.