Thread: Palit Releases Radeon HD 4850 1GB Sonic
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Old Sep 9, 2008, 09:05 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by swaaye View Post
There is no heatsink on the power regulator area.
Because there are 4 MOSFETs on a single phase in GPU's power circuit. Sometimes it is cheaper to have more active elements, then a huge heatsink.
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