Quote Originally Posted by Sgt.McRuff View Post
They need heat sinks, you can see on the stock cooler were it makes contact (white thermal pads)

Also this is a pic of 4870 but shows the just the stock plate on the card.
http://img99.imageshack.us/i/6725743...0stock%20plate
I know the standard holes around the gpu are same as 4000's
it looks like only the rear voltage regulators are touched by the thermal pads and the larger ones are cooled by the stock fan.