Bar81

DJSeb

Bar81

vampyren
@:ivadjon
I totally agree, bios update is fine but for such a premium card i should not have to take it appart and do what they ask us to do even if they claim its optional.
All the videos i seen shows that the thermal pads make a huge difference keeping the heat down and without the fan going extremly loud. The whole point when i selected this card was the quiet fans. Now with this bios it can go up to 2200rpm which is crazy. Normally i goes to 1600RPM and with the pads it will be around 86 degree which is totally fine.
Hopefully my RMA will also be approved so i can swap this for a new card with the thermal pads. Otherwise its going back to the shop.

You do realize there won't be thermal pads, right?  All they'll do is flash the BIOS (30 seconds of effort) and send you back a refurb.  But if that's what you want, go for it.

Is this true?

 
I'll quote myself from the other thread:
 
EVGA has not made any final statement about new shipping cards - the earlier statement was preliminary and subsequent to that statement, the "fix" changed - fan speeds were significantly throttled down from the preliminary fix and still bring VRMs well into the acceptable range.  Unless EVGA explicitly now (after the vbios release) announce that thermal pads are included in all shipping cards from here on out, my understanding is that they will not be included.
 
For example, if they include the pads, then the thermal mod is no longer "optional" and it's silly to call it that.  If new shipping models include the thermal mod, then all current owners should be able to swap out for units with the thermal mod if they don't want to do it themselves.  It would not be the smartest business move - if I was EVGA, I would walk back quickly from any statement that thermal pads will be included or their claimed "fix" of only vbios is disingenuous.

DJSeb

Bar81

DJSeb

Bar81

vampyren
@:ivadjon
I totally agree, bios update is fine but for such a premium card i should not have to take it appart and do what they ask us to do even if they claim its optional.
All the videos i seen shows that the thermal pads make a huge difference keeping the heat down and without the fan going extremly loud. The whole point when i selected this card was the quiet fans. Now with this bios it can go up to 2200rpm which is crazy. Normally i goes to 1600RPM and with the pads it will be around 86 degree which is totally fine.
Hopefully my RMA will also be approved so i can swap this for a new card with the thermal pads. Otherwise its going back to the shop.

You do realize there won't be thermal pads, right?  All they'll do is flash the BIOS (30 seconds of effort) and send you back a refurb.  But if that's what you want, go for it.

Is this true?

 
I'll quote myself from the other thread:
 
EVGA has not made any final statement about new shipping cards - the earlier statement was preliminary and subsequent to that statement, the "fix" changed - fan speeds were significantly throttled down from the preliminary fix and still bring VRMs well into the acceptable range.  Unless EVGA explicitly now (after the vbios release) announce that thermal pads are included in all shipping cards from here on out, my understanding is that they will not be included.
 
For example, if they include the pads, then the thermal mod is no longer "optional" and it's silly to call it that.  If new shipping models include the thermal mod, then all current owners should be able to swap out for units with the thermal mod if they don't want to do it themselves.  It would not be the smartest business move - if I was EVGA, I would walk back quickly from any statement that thermal pads will be included or their claimed "fix" of only vbios is disingenuous.

"EVGA has updated its manufacturing line for all these cards to add the thermal pads as standard."
Can't post links, but it's on pcmag site.

Cptdinckelman
After I press Y the little progress line (dots) appears and the windows closes itself, does that mean the update is done?

vampyren

Bar81

vampyren
@:ivadjon
I totally agree, bios update is fine but for such a premium card i should not have to take it appart and do what they ask us to do even if they claim its optional.
All the videos i seen shows that the thermal pads make a huge difference keeping the heat down and without the fan going extremly loud. The whole point when i selected this card was the quiet fans. Now with this bios it can go up to 2200rpm which is crazy. Normally i goes to 1600RPM and with the pads it will be around 86 degree which is totally fine.
Hopefully my RMA will also be approved so i can swap this for a new card with the thermal pads. Otherwise its going back to the shop.

You do realize there won't be thermal pads, right?  All they'll do is flash the BIOS (30 seconds of effort) and send you back a refurb.  But if that's what you want, go for it.

I wont send it in unless i know for sure there will be thermal pads installed and i get a new card! Thats how this is suppose to work. I didnt pay 700-800 euro for a second hand hard and to be scared to push the card + extra noise.
If EVGA dont fix my card i can always return it to the shop and get another. For another week or so i have that option so i hope EVGA takes care of this in the right way. I understand these things happen but whats important is how the company handles it from now on. Sending out pads is not an option. Sorry i dont feel comfortable to open the card like that.

relevance

GFAFS

Good thing is "Not growing up" is in the core of the EVGA buisiness, Like, Grown up peoples buying cards for playing games.
Please be my guest.

 
I'm seeing your argument vs virtually whole community here, nothing will be solved. you'll just get attacked by more people. or if you seek attention of doing so, I won't stop you. now, I will not reply your future posts. just try to do your best. and yes, angry consumers will be treated differently, not in a good way. been there and done that. be blunt but don't be rude about it, this method works the best for me.
 
perhaps you would have gotten a fixed, working GPU like I have right about now.

nvflash(64) --protectoff
nvflash(64) -b 1070_backup.rom

• 08G-P4-6171-KR - EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 ACX 3.0 - Primary BIOS Coming Soon

GFAFS

relevance

GFAFS

Good thing is "Not growing up" is in the core of the EVGA buisiness, Like, Grown up peoples buying cards for playing games.
Please be my guest.

 
I'm seeing your argument vs virtually whole community here, nothing will be solved. you'll just get attacked by more people. or if you seek attention of doing so, I won't stop you. now, I will not reply your future posts. just try to do your best. and yes, angry consumers will be treated differently, not in a good way. been there and done that. be blunt but don't be rude about it, this method works the best for me.
 
perhaps you would have gotten a fixed, working GPU like I have right about now.

No, not the whole community, just some reps acting as users (classic), nothing to worry about. I think you just got the last few post of mine, i know it's time consuming to read the entire Thread, feel free to do so to get a perfect picture of my opinions and demands.  Of course rude I'm not, salty with EVGA maybe, but i have the right to be, fortunately i know where the limits are and passed none.
Now about the attention part, yes i want some from EVGA to fix my situation, nothing out of the ordinary i would say.