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?

 

[bigdogchris]

They most likely use thermal paste on the gpu and use pads on the memory. I've heard sometimes the thermal paste on the gpu can be very poor. I was going to redo the paste on my cards but decided against it because I just checked the temperature and they seemed fine. The cards are EVGA, so I don't think you have anything to worry about.

Just increase your fan speed on the card to 50%.