Quote Originally Posted by Theorw View Post
Well i saw the photos but u missed my point...
I think that in the vga s there are components that manufacturers dont cool as they decide they can handle the stock heat...
But when u OC its different.And i say that according to my previous experience on my 4850s where the MEM regulators needed cooling when OCed while @stock it wasnt necessary.In the 5850 i would put heatsinks in the spots i marked yellow and MAYBE on the green one too and i d check by touch after benching if they get hot or not!


I didn't cool any of that because it is open to the fans direct air flow unlike the stock cooler which didn't cool them at all, and I didn't miss your point. Also the entire card gets really hot touch the back of your current card under max load a touch test won't help you.