Editing Graphics card (section)

=== Heat sink ===
A [[heat sink]] is mounted on most modern graphics cards. A heat sink spreads out the heat produced by the graphics processing unit evenly throughout the heat sink and unit itself. The heat sink commonly has a fan mounted to cool the heat sink and the graphics processing unit. Not all cards have heat sinks, for example, some cards are liquid-cooled and instead have a water block; additionally, cards from the 1980s and early 1990s did not produce much heat, and did not require heat sinks. Most modern graphics cards need proper thermal solutions. They can be [[water-cooled]] or through heat sinks with additional connected heat pipes usually made of copper for the best thermal transfer.{{Cn|date=September 2022}}