9800GX2 - Replacing thermal compound.

[Synomenon]

I got in on that great 9800GX2 deal at Newegg. It's a vanilla EVGA 9800GX2. Does EVGA use those crappy thermal pads on its cooler for the memory on the card or are they actually using thermal compound now?

If they are using thermal compound, would I notice any difference if I replaced their thermal compound on the GPU core and memory with Arctic Cooling MX2?

[CedricFP]

Replacing the thermal compound on the stock cpu cooler intel provides lowered temps by 4 degrees on load. I do it every time if staying air.

[Synomenon]

The main question though is whether EVGA is using thermal pads on its cooler for the RAM. If so, then I'd rather not do this since they're not so easily replaceable.