MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II - No vram or vrm heatsinks?

Hey,
Just bought this card today and got bit worried when i saw that there is no heatsink at all on VRM and VRAM chips. VRM specially tends to get really hot on these days gfx cards so im not sure why msi leaved vrm chips naked? Other manufacturers seems to have added heatsinks atleast for vrm and most for vram too so i find it pretty odd from msi:s side to leave those out. I wont be using this card that long time as i just bought it to be spare card while waiting GTX 570 back from warranty so im not that worried. But still makes me wonder how long lifespan these cards will have with those naked chips 

Well i can still understand that they leaved ram heatsinks out, those dont get REALLY hot. But vrm is difference story, I have even burned my HD 4890 in past cause when i putted aftermarket cooler to it and even that actual gpu temps was really low vrm:s hitted 130c at load and just after few months of use it got broken/burned.
But also i disagree that ram heatsinks are only gimmick. I have personally found that heatsinks on ram too does help and bit and gave bit more overcloking headroom.

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