Quality of thermal paste on Founders Edition cards?

[PrimeSonic]

Are there noticeable performance gains to be had if I replace the stock thermal compound on an Nvidia Founder's Edition card with a high end TIM like Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut?

 

I already picked some up for my CPU.

I'm wondering if it will be worth it to treat my FE graphics card to the same before I get it into my system.

 

I won't be water cooling for a while this time around, so I'm willing to do this if it means a tangible edge while air cooling in the meantime.

 

Yes, I understand that the new cards aren't out yet and there's no real benchmarks yet. This is about the inferring from history treads of Founder's Edition cards of generation's past.

[TechMan2175]

No the paste is new and should be fine

[Mick Naughty]

I always test mine then swap it. Even if it is new, that doesn’t say anything about production date. Some companies don’t use the best stuff. 

[jefire411]

27 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

I always test mine then swap it. Even if it is new, that doesn’t say anything about production date. Some companies don’t use the best stuff. 

COUGH COUGH Intel

[i_build_nanosuits]

On 12/09/2018 at 4:24 PM, PrimeSonic said:

Are there noticeable performance gains to be had if I replace the stock thermal compound on an Nvidia Founder's Edition card with a high end TIM like Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut?

 

I already picked some up for my CPU.

I'm wondering if it will be worth it to treat my FE graphics card to the same before I get it into my system.

 

I won't be water cooling for a while this time around, so I'm willing to do this if it means a tangible edge while air cooling in the meantime.

 

Yes, I understand that the new cards aren't out yet and there's no real benchmarks yet. This is about the inferring from history treads of Founder's Edition cards of generation's past.

nvidia engineers spent a lot of time and R&D money into the design of a new cooling solution, i would assume they tought about the best interface material they would use very carefully to get the best performance out of it...personally i wouldnt touch the card.

 

MSI tought about it for the 1080ti Gaming X trio and i'm sure nvidia did has well