i has thermal pads but idk if really need the mod, bec this video makes me think that
how ever my friend has same video card and he say it have thermal pads too, but there is missed one small pad compared to founders edition
take a look
founders edition

EVGA ACX 3.0 SC BLACK EDITION

video card works perfectly recently updated bios gpu temp is max 51, i dont have any problem with it but im worry about this do i really need the pads?
sorry for bad english