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Do Graphics Cards need a Cooler like CPU? or does it not need one?

Dan Flame
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As the others said, graphics cards come with coolers preattached.

Here's a picture on how that works:

 

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From back to front:

Backplate - Not on every card, Cools vRAM and looks good.

PCB - Has all the electrical components on it, including the actual GPU

Reinforcement - Not on every card, reinforces the PCB when you have heavy coolers.

Heatsink - The metal structure that takes up the heat the vRAM, VRM and GPU produce

Fans - Move the heat from the heatsink away into the case. 

No, graphics cards have coolers in the box.

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"have you tried turning it off and on again?"

 

 

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6 minutes ago, Dan Flame said:

read the title

i am afraid i don't really get the question

 

(high end) grafics cards do come with a cooler, so, no, you will not have to go buy one

there are some passivley cooled ones, but those are usually very low end

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As the others said, graphics cards come with coolers preattached.

Here's a picture on how that works:

 

diagram.png

 

From back to front:

Backplate - Not on every card, Cools vRAM and looks good.

PCB - Has all the electrical components on it, including the actual GPU

Reinforcement - Not on every card, reinforces the PCB when you have heavy coolers.

Heatsink - The metal structure that takes up the heat the vRAM, VRM and GPU produce

Fans - Move the heat from the heatsink away into the case. 

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1 minute ago, WikiForce said:

hmm.. what do you mean by cooler in the box? they already have it pre-attached.

I meant they come "with the GPU", as in pre-attached

 

bad wording on my part lol

"hi 911? my grandma is on the floor and shes not responding to anything"
"have you tried turning it off and on again?"

 

 

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