EVGA just said my RMA will be delayed due to stock issues, and that the warehouse doesn't have an ETA yet of when the parts will be in (I'm assuming they mean memory and cores from nvidia?)
 
Does this mean nvidia can't keep up with demand? how long should I be prepared to wait, realistically? weeks, months?
 

I have referred your complaint to EVGA

That's good to hear :) Was a little worried about my pending RMA and supply issues for my 1070 FTW.

ilyama
In fact both of you think that this is not a real issue this overheating but you both ask RMA too ?

Its not a real issue as the card does run to spec without the pads and they are in fact optional. EVGA is nice enough to offer free RMA's for everyone who wants the pads so why wouldn't you do it as it will help with resale because of the perception of this issue.

lol I got a 5 year but I sometimes sell my cards to upgrade, so I rather have the mod then not.

qbvbsite
That's good to hear :) Was a little worried about my pending RMA and supply issues for my 1070 FTW.

Indeed. coming up to a week since I had the RMA approved, it all went quiet hence I dropped support a mail. Thought it a bit odd EVGA would be sat there with no parts to put graphics cards together!
 

ilyama
In fact both of you think that this is not a real issue this overheating but you both ask RMA too ?

I've replied to some of the threads you've posted in, and the one you started. I think it is an issue, as we saw from FLIR testing in Battlefield 1 (popular pc game, not power virus), leaving the card as it ships from the factory - standard bios and fan curves results in the VRM being around 14°C hotter than the core reading (72°C). For someone like myself, who has a gsync 144hz monitor, you don't use vsync, and so my core temp was 82°C. From that, you could theorise, based on the FLIR results that I've been gaming for the last month or so with VRAM at ~96°C. Maybe my VRAM isn't even touching the thermal pads, so could explain previous artifacts, though I haven't seen them after the bios flash, whether that's the micron fix or higher fan profile, don't know.
 
so yeah, hoping to get a brand new card with all the mods and be free of worry, time will tell!

yep, original bios, standard fan profile, vsync off, 2560x1440 resolution and about 80-85% Power target/TDP in games.
 
Managed to shave that back to about 77°C now, but takes a massive 70% fan to do it, and I've got a huge 230mm fan blasting the whole case through, with a H100i in the roof dragging hot air out, plus a single 120 at the rear.
 
 

rjohnson11

carb1de

rjohnson11
I have referred your complaint to EVGA

thank you, and amazingly, it's now shipped and on its way via UPS!
 
shortest supply issue ever!

I'm glad this is resolved

well, lets not get ahead of ourselves :-p but yes, hopefully soon!
 
UPS estimates a delivery day of wednesday next week. which couldn't come sooner, as after an extended gaming session last night, I now have artifacting even just on the windows desktop.
 
sooner i get rid of this card the better!

I'm in the UK - they're shipping from Germany, might be worth asking rjohnson to give them a nudge if they say there is a supply issue!

Well I know I gots da demand  ^_^
 
Is there an average wait time for once a RMA gets to the pending shipment part of the process?
 
I'm not really desperate as I have my old MSI 970 but it would be nice to be using the card I bought over the holidays.

Can I get some help in speeding up my advanced rma request too?
Today the thermal pad mod arrived and I installed it myself, it didn't help, my card still crashes. I've been "awaiting approval" for rma for 2 weeks.
 
Thanks.