Just a quick question out there for the tech-savy individuals ye' be:

I have been using my Geforce GTS 250 OC for the past 2 years and it's been very effective across 2 systems I've used it in. With my second system, which became a first overclocking system to me, I began to get my feet wet in regards to thermal compounds when I realized that Intel likes to cheap out sometimes. I first used Arctic Silver 5 which worked slightly better but it turns out I didn't apply it right (dot method fail). Then I got Antec Formula 7 and applied it right (hey, it came with the applier in the box), with very impressive results (6-8 C drop avg on full load).

Well, after seeing the success with my CPU (Intel i5 3570K), I am now wondering in regards to my graphics card if I could see similar benefits. On idle, my GPU is around 61C and while doing some gaming on it, it will spike to around 80C (versus my CPU which idles at around 30C and 58C on full load). Would taking apart my GPU and replacing its stock compound make any difference or does it even matter that it is going up to 80C?

-Flame