VGA Coolers Lacking VRAM Cooling?

[WhiteZero]

I've noticed alot of the "good" VGA cooler that are on the market will only cool the VGA Core with the main HSF. They then just seem to include little heatsinks to apoxy to the VRAM chips.
Now... correct me if I'm wrong, but most, if not all, stock cooler combine both the core and VRAM on the same heatsink. So thusly, wont most of the after market coolers have worse VRAM cooling? Or is most stock cooling for the VRAM not that good in the first place?

 

[adairusmc]

I have a thermalright HR03 plus on my 8800GTX, and the little ram sinks work great.

All I know is that I got a 40C drop in temps when I installed that thing (for the core), and I am sure with the amount of air I have flowing over those ram sinks they perform better than an integrated unit could.

 

[NoStateofMind]

Wrong forum. Should be here:

http://forums.anandtech.com/ca...tid=37&flcache=7709631

 

[WhiteZero]

Originally posted by: PC Surgeon
Wrong forum. Should be here:

http://forums.anandtech.com/ca...tid=37&flcache=7709631

Whoops, my bad. MODs, feel free to move this thread.

And thanks, adairusmc!