kuutela
Got order confirmation for thermal pads on the 25th of October - but still awaiting shipment. Ordered the free PowerLink on the 5th of October and still waiting for the email with payment details..
 
In the mean time, I have watercooled my GTX 1080 FTW with EK-GTX FTW1080 waterblock and pre-fill for EK-XLC Predator 280 QDC AIO. Using EK-Waterblock thermal pads. Got sick and tired of waiting for months (my estimate) to fix what appears to be a simple production error.
 

Faenix1
Still awaiting on shipment, and me being in Canada it'll probably take weeks to get to me, but this whole situation has left a sour taste in my mouth. First time I ever spent over $200 CDN on a GPU - last one I bought was in 2009 - and now my choices are:
 -Leave it alone and it'll probably die, resulting in me being out $600 CDN.
 -Apply the pads myself, and hopefully not screw up
 -RMA for a refurb, even tho the thing isn't even 3 months old. Which I find unacceptable.
 
I don't even have a credit card right now, nor do I want a refurb after spending $600 CDN on this thing, so a RMA is out of the question. I won't claim this is my last EVGA, I'm not one of those people, but this wasn't what I expected when I went "high end" for once.
 
 
(1070 SC buyer)

NickDV
Awaiting shipping on mine (UK). I'll admit the report of one of these things taking out other components has me slightly concerned. Will give it another week or two, then I might just RMA both my cards if there's no movement...

wrangler

dustinr26

GfxGuy

dustinr26mine says shipped on 11/2/2016 and then says may take 1-2 weeks to receive. still nothing here yet..

I would say it's pretty sure sth. went wrong with your shipment IF you're in the US or EU. Have you contacted the EVGA support about this yet?

Checked mail today and nothing. I will reach out to them tomorrow to see what is going on. I am in the US also. 

Same here.
Just requested RMA.
Tired of waiting and I think in the end it is better.
Even though I have the technical skills to perform the mod I don't trust the card that I have. I have tried to logically overcome the perception but I cannot.
First thing I did is overclock with Precision then do torture testing. Who here doesn't? (did not use Furmark) Did I damage the card? Probably not...  but... probably?
Secondly. This card, due to this issue, will never be sold on the secondary market to finance another purchase. Does EVGA care about the secondary market. No. They shouldn't. But I do.
Everyone and their dog who would buy this kind of card, at the usual places where these things get sold, knows now that these cards are tainted. I bought a premium product at a premium price that is now, for my intents and purposes, worthless.
I will now have this, or actually the replacement card until it dies or is technologically irrelevant. I want one that has been checked out, has  factory installed pads and a factory programmed BIOS and that I don't feel a lurking suspicion of, since I am now resigned to having it until it dies.
 
I do appreciate EVGA's handling of the situation and want to stress that this is why I bought EVGA to begin with and will again. Probably not anything with an ACX in the description...