>> True, but since the GPU generates far more heat than a block of RAM 
>> does...
> 
> The GPU also has far better cooling. Modern high-performance RAM can get 
> rather hot, particularly video RAM.

Well, if they don't bother fitting cooling to a component, that 
presumably means they don't think it's necessary. ;-)

> Try touching a VRAM chip (very briefly) while the game is running.

Wouldn't simply having the case open radically alter the operating 
temperature of the components inside? ;-)

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