While all of this sucks, I'm just glad it's EVGA we're dealing with here, not ASUS or similar. I've never been let down by them in the past, this certainly doesn't dent my confidence in the brand.
I've emailed EU support and will probably hear back tomorrow. I still haven't seen the issue again, but I'm interested to hear what their team recommends.

landerx74

thenson88
I have had this issue since launch and the only solution for my 1080 FTW has been to uninstall Precision X OC. I can run the same clocks with MSI Afterburner and if it gets unstable it will just do a driver crash instead of the black screen and fan revv.

Wow so you're saying since you uninstalled Precision x OC you never had a black screen with your fans revving up? So just a driver crash?? And how long has it been since you uninstalled Precision x OC?

So I actually re-installed it last night before bed and just tried gaming today. About an hour of use and it black screened again with X OC installed. Uninstalling again to game for the rest of the night.

Does MSI afterburner cause the same problem? You should try that over PXOC and see if there is no crashing.

So, update for everyone. I RMA'ed the card, it seems like the card can't handle the factory overclock for some reason. *shrugs* It worked for fine for hours in Debug mode, but when I turned debug mode off to the overclock, it crashed within 10 mins. 

Nyy82
So, update for everyone. I RMA'ed the card, it seems like the card can't handle the factory overclock for some reason. *shrugs* It worked for fine for hours in Debug mode, but when I turned debug mode off to the overclock, it crashed within 10 mins. 

Yeah one thing I think EVGA did not realize was how much of an impact the new GPU boost 3.0 would have on a video card. So basically GPU boost 3.0 is already pushing the card to the Limit and now you have this additional aggressive overclock and it's more than the car can handle. Did you RMA and are you getting the same card in return? I chose not to. I don't want to take the chance again for it not to work. And I got lucky with Newegg that they gave me store credit. I'll give you an update as well with the new card I get.

I hate when this companies do not reply to the issue speaking directly to the community, it's frustrating and they are NOT offering us a solution, since all they do is send us a bunch of other faulty cards.

Yep, mine does this too in Guild Wars 2. Tried it in different computers and the same thing happens. Sending mine back to seller and hopefully get my money back. Don´t know what to buy now.

Anyone have RMA update stories?  I am curious if the new card received fixes your issues.  I am waiting for my RMA to cross ship hopefully today.

i've RMAed with the seller of the card so i can try and replace it with a different brand. just awaiting UPS to deliver it right now.
 
don't want to get another FTW card and have the chances of it being a dud.

TheGuz4L
Anyone have RMA update stories?  I am curious if the new card received fixes your issues.  I am waiting for my RMA to cross ship hopefully today.

Still waiting on mine atm, will you update us when yours arrives please?