The main headache for graphics card manufacturers is curiously not to keep the temperatures of the chips of each model at bay, but rather to dissipate the heat generated by the VRAM memories. For this reason, an intrepid user has acquired a tool that manages to reduce the temperature of RTX memory by up to 20%, also without having to change the original radiator as such. How did you do?
It is nothing new as such, nor is it something revolutionary, it is simply a piece that has been on the market for many years and which in each generation has been gradually adapted to the requirements from NVIDIA and has now taken shape in the face of problematic VRAM temperature. What is it?
A low profile copper intermediate plate, the ultimate solution?
Needless to say and moving forward, this is not a solution that can be adopted by all graphics card models for obvious reasons. And it is that there are models that have their own cooling solution based on an intermediate plate that also introduces and cools and as a rule the VRM, so be careful with this important detail.
But for the models that use a large cold plate and entrust it with the cooling of the graphics memories, the solution we see is undoubtedly the most optimal. Why the big question? It’s simple. Some manufacturers have left VRAM cooling quite in the background on the grounds that GDDR6X can run up to 100 degrees Celsius and have a maximum operating temperature of up to 120ºCwhich implies a large thermal margin.
Therefore, and given the high temperatures, they did not consider it essential to cool them better and sin with a higher temperature in the GPU itself, which reduces costs along the way. Therefore, a simple thermal buffer kept everything under control and in balance, at least in theory, always at the cost of very high temperatures in said VRAM.
Here is how it is possible to reduce the temperature of the RTX memory
The part is nothing more than a low profile copper midplate that has minimal thickness as an excuse that involves the use of thinner thermal pads, with the resulting comparative breach with standard options.
High performance pads are not necessary, because by reducing their thickness to a minimum (0.5 mm), the resistance to thermal passage is reduced and since the middle plate is made of copper, it transmits heat faster and through the paste heat to the cold plate, accelerating transfer and improving temperatures by up to 20%.
The data here is clear:
- Cyberpunk 2077 -> Before: 78° C/88° C -> after: 75° C/70° C
- mining of Ethereum –> Before: 65°C/94°C -> after: 58°C/75°C
- octane bank –> Before: 78° C/92° C -> after: 78° C/76° C
These intermediate plates are not cheap and usually cost more than 50 dollars without shipping or thermal paste, but they are the best option for the aforementioned models, where they are also dated if ease of use is recommended for any user.
The only problem is the guarantee of the graphics card, since for its installation we will have to break the security seal that the models include in their screw key and therefore we would be at the mercy of the GPU working without any type of failure until this one is running out
