EVGATech_JaesonW
Anyone with a newer card that has a 0dB fan BIOS who would prefer to have an always-on fan BIOS, please contact us directly at support@evga.com, and provide the BIOS revision off the back of your card so we can get you the proper version. Flashing the wrong one could potentially brick your card, so I caution against sharing the files with each other.

Hi, JaesonW, I have been trying to get a "always-on fan" BIOS trough support for 2/3 weeks now and they have been sending me the wrong BIOses, is there any other way I can get the BIOS?
 
Thank you.

For 3 weeks this has been going on.
 
The reading comprehension of your support team is something amazing, really.
 
Here's what I sent your support team:
 
 
 
Hi, one of your mods said to contact you in
case we/I wanted the always-on fan BIOS for my card.
 

Here is the post --
http://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2541586
 

I've attached a picture with with the back
of my card.
 

Thank you.
 
And here's what they answered me:
 
Hi,
thanks for your detailed inforamtion - on the first page you will find the links: http://forums.evga.com/EV...els-Only-m2520978.aspx - please let us know if we can further assist,
Thanks,
Regards,
 
 
 
 
Clearly, the dude didn't even bother reading the thread.
 
 

kingpmi88
i can use SC bios for the normal one? im will use watercooling and i want to boost the frequency. Both are reference design?
Thanks

Yeah, do it at your own risk though. You need nvflash 5.306 & need to override the PCI subsystem ID. I also manually disabled the display driver before flashing. After reboot windows reinstalled the driver like it was a new card in the system. I uninstalled the driver & removed any old device installs from device manager & downloaded the newest driver, 372.70 WHQL directly from nvidia & did a custom -> clean install & updated precision x oc to 6.0.5.
 
I'm not using the stock cooler on my card so I thought I'd put the SC firmware on it but after flashing the SC firmware to my non-SC card, it is not only running at the faster default speed but the temps dropped even more.
 
I didn't understand how that could be at first but then I noticed the max fan speed is a couple hundred RPM higher than the non-SC firmware.

The Witcher 3, Battlefield..10 minutes game 83C. Gpu fan 66% or 72% it's the same 83C. I can not go down below 80C ehhh

How is it that some of you are getting EVGA to cough up the original BIOS but I am having no such luck. My ticket is still open and I am stressing out as BestBuy only offers a 14 day return policy. 

kutlo
The Witcher 3, Battlefield..10 minutes game 83C. Gpu fan 66% or 72% it's the same 83C. I can not go down below 80C ehhh

You are not the only one Kluto (bear in mind this applies to the NON-SC version) The card overheats and reach the thermal limit of 83c (limit set in the bios by evga so the card down clocks aggressively. The max thermal limit of the chip is 94c) This takes more time to happen with the default power management in nvidia control panel... Use the "full performance mode" and this will happen almost instantly in demanding games... The heatsink on the NON-SC version can't handle the 1060 GPU... Anyone saying otherwise is either, living on Alaska in the outside, using the fan in 100%, playing light games like Borderlands (1,2,PS), Dark Souls 1,2, CS:GO (Games that don't stress this gpu greatly), or just LYING.
 
I already tested the card on 3 different builds and in all 3 the card reaches 83c... all 3 builds where massively ventilated, and the 4th test was on a open bench (HAF XB). The game for the test was, The Witcher 3 (Ultra settings, hairworks off) (Even on HIGH settings the card reach 83c)
 
Solution: Use an insanely ridiculous aggressive fan curve of like 85%+, Use an Artic Accelero Mono Plus (I know I know x.x dishing out more money for something is plainly bad design and not your fault) or if you are in the return window, just return the card and buy another model with better cooling.
 
P.S. EVGA will do NOTHING for you, even if they say "contact costumer service we will fix your problem bla bla" They will only offer to RMA the card for exactly the same model, which will have the same problems because it's the same lame heatsink or just tell you to return or exchange the card on the place you bought it... NOTHING ELSE!! How do i know? I was one of the people who got tricked with this card LOL... Lesson learned.

the 83C thing happens to me as well but is it really a problem? It doesn't seem to be effecting performance much. The games I currently play is Warcraft Legion and Overwatch. Both within minutes will cause it to reach 83C

renemauricio
the 83C thing happens to me as well but is it really a problem? It doesn't seem to be effecting performance much. The games I currently play is Warcraft Legion and Overwatch. Both within minutes will cause it to reach 83C

In some games the throttling can cause stuttering, frame drops and the likes. As for the temps and durability of the card, is probably a no concern, first once it hits 83c it will throttles aggressively to not pass that mark, and second, most people upgrade the gpu before the 2-3 years marks which i think it won't be enough time to cause any damage? Only time will tell... Just enjoy the card, if you feel unsafe with those temps, buy the artic accelero mono plus and done =]

renemauricio
the 83C thing happens to me as well but is it really a problem? It doesn't seem to be effecting performance much. The games I currently play is Warcraft Legion and Overwatch. Both within minutes will cause it to reach 83C

If your playing World of Warcraft Legion at 1080p - 60Hz, your not pushing the card to the limit most of the time. If your CPU is not something like a i5-6600K or i7-6700K @ 5GHz most anytime you see a frame rate drop it will be from the CPU.
 
I play at 2560x1440 - 60Hz, Graphics Quality 10, SSAO Disabled, MSAA 4x, VSync Enabled. Standing in Stormwind in the Trade District, The GPU is at 51% 60fps, but 98% usage on 1 thread of my i7 3930k @ 4.2GHz. At peak hours it will drop under 60fps as that thread fully maxed out while the GPU usage will drop even more.
 
In the new higher detail Legion zones the GTX 1060 stays more around 70% usage while the CPU still stays near 100% on one thread most of the time. Though in the new Dalaran I'm only seeing 42% GPU usage to keep 60fps right now.
 
At high settings & resolutions, WoW is a very single thread CPU hungry game.

I game on a 5820K @ 4.4Ghz paired with an Acer Predator G-Sync monitor @ 1440 / 144Hz.
 
Now that you mention it I have an issue with Overwatch where my frame rate is above 80 but it feels like its below 60. I didn't think it could be the temperature as I had seen this video where he states that these cards are meant to run at 83C - on purpose. After re-reading whats been said and watching his video again I will give my card a higher fan curve and see what it does for me. 
 
 
[edit]
I would seem that the Overwatch problem is tied to the 10 series cards as outlined here: http://us.battle.net/foru...pic/20748596799?page=2