Heatsinks on memory on video cards

[MikeReiner]

Yeah I know there is a heatsink.. but isn't that heatsink just on the GPU, with a fan on top of it?

 

[G35x]

Yea, but some dont have fans, they just come with the heatsink.

 

[MikeReiner]

True. Such as the 7300GS. My old FX5200 and GeForce2mx cards all use passive heat sink cooling. I hang onto those old cards for workstations, useful if you don't need much graphics power but want silence.