Does overclocking GPU memory increase the heat output of VRAM chips?

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So my current overclock is +150mhz for core and +1,000 mhz (absolute max) on memory on my 1050 Ti. Will the massive overclock on the memory significantly increase heat output from the VRAM chips?
 
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It will increase the heat. This is fine as long as your cooler is cooling both the gpu and the ram. The faster the clock speed, the more friction. More friction = more heat. Voltage is not the only thing causing heat.
 
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+1000 on memory would correspond to a 14% overclock. Power scales roughly linearly with frequency, so you'd expect about 14% more heat to be generated (very approximately). Nothing crazy, I think you should be fine, although unfortunately most (if not all?) cards don't have temp/power monitoring for VRAM.
 
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Hello, thanks for replying. I see that my VRAM chips have thermal pads on them, that transfers the heat to the massive heatsink. Will that be sufficient for this overclock?
 
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