2nd RMA arrived today. Initial observations are hopeful. Its a new card in a sealed box.
Serial number is higher:
Original: #1884
1st RMA: #2388
2nd RMA: #3995
 
Those diagonal-spaced chips visible through the backplate are a higher number
Original: 65k
1st RMA: 66k
2nd RMA: 67k 
 
I'll plug it in tonight and come back with any findings. Fingers crossed!

maxheadroom101
2nd RMA arrived today. Initial observations are hopeful. Its a new card in a sealed box.
Serial number is higher:
Original: #1884
1st RMA: #2388
2nd RMA: #3995
 
Those diagonal-spaced chips visible through the backplate are a higher number
Original: 65k
1st RMA: 66k
2nd RMA: 67k 
 
I'll plug it in tonight and come back with any findings. Fingers crossed!

Would love to hear how you get on, cheers. I just want a smooth, fault free card back now so I can start making progress on Deus Ex. My 780ti cannot handle that game at 1440p!

First RMA arrived a few days ago. The good news is that, it seems EVGA Taiwan has the new batch of 1080 FTW cards which fixes the Blackscreen crash. My card arrived in a NEW (sealed) retail box with all the accessories that you would normally find. Also the card runs slightly faster than the original one. I don't overclock my graphics card but from the factory configuration it was faster than my old one (achievied 1975 mhz rather than 1942 mhz and 2 extra fps!).
 
On the back of the card, it seems that they have new Panasonic capacitors or voltage regulators? (whatever they are) as reported by other forum members and everything else seemed the same. 
 
Now the bad news.
 
The card ran fine for 2 days and it has now developed a fault. In fact it is now a dead card. My new computer does not boot up at all after it crashed whilst playing Overwatch and after a series of testing (PSU, Mobo, RAM) with my old computer, the new card is the culprit. Nothing has been touched/overclocked and it has just died whilst I was capping a point on Overwatch*sigh*. Temperature all seemed fine when I was monitoring it throughout the days I have received it. It was around 55 degrees C and at most 67 degrees C whilst playing Guild wars or Overwatch. 
 
No idea what happened. I am now waiting for support to reply whilst I play on my old graphics card and i'm going to guess I have to RMA it again. This is my first time purchasing a EVGA brand card after hearing good things about EVGA + customer support. They sure have great support than other brands but QC on their products? so far errrrr... I think I prefer to be with a company that offers good QC and mediocre customer support. 
 
I was fine with them admitting to some sought of issue with the card and accepting that RMA will be required to fix the issue but... another problem again? hmm...
 
Edit: Now I vented my anger on bubble wrap and catching up with the thread, Hello fellow GW players!  

ChiefLutra
 
Now the bad news.
 
The card ran fine for 2 days and it has now developed a fault. In fact it is now a dead card. 

That sucks, I really am glad I decided to return the FTW and get the Gigabyte this time around - I mean the build quality is no where near as good but all these problems just scared me away from EVGA for now.
 
Hopefully they can get you a proper replacement =)

EVGATech_ChrisB
Dear D1as23,
 
Thank you for your posts.  I am looking into the availability for pickup or a prepaid UPS shipping label in your area and I will be responding to your shortly through email to try and help further.

Thank so much for your support Chris, prepaid UPS shipping label received!

dang, working FTW cards are rare I guess. I just ordered my 1080 FTW last friday. hope mine works with ease.

ChiefLutra
First RMA arrived a few days ago. The good news is that, it seems EVGA Taiwan has the new batch of 1080 FTW cards which fixes the Blackscreen crash. My card arrived in a NEW (sealed) retail box with all the accessories that you would normally find. Also the card runs slightly faster than the original one. I don't overclock my graphics card but from the factory configuration it was faster than my old one (achievied 1975 mhz rather than 1942 mhz and 2 extra fps!).
 
On the back of the card, it seems that they have new Panasonic capacitors or voltage regulators? (whatever they are) as reported by other forum members and everything else seemed the same. 
 
Now the bad news.
 
The card ran fine for 2 days and it has now developed a fault. In fact it is now a dead card. My new computer does not boot up at all after it crashed whilst playing Overwatch and after a series of testing (PSU, Mobo, RAM) with my old computer, the new card is the culprit. Nothing has been touched/overclocked and it has just died whilst I was capping a point on Overwatch*sigh*. Temperature all seemed fine when I was monitoring it throughout the days I have received it. It was around 55 degrees C and at most 67 degrees C whilst playing Guild wars or Overwatch. 
 
No idea what happened. I am now waiting for support to reply whilst I play on my old graphics card and i'm going to guess I have to RMA it again. This is my first time purchasing a EVGA brand card after hearing good things about EVGA + customer support. They sure have great support than other brands but QC on their products? so far errrrr... I think I prefer to be with a company that offers good QC and mediocre customer support. 
 
I was fine with them admitting to some sought of issue with the card and accepting that RMA will be required to fix the issue but... another problem again? hmm...
 
Edit: Now I vented my anger on bubble wrap and catching up with the thread, Hello fellow GW players!  

This is exactly the situation that I am in. My first card was fraught by coil whine and the BS 100% issue. Amazon advanced RMA'ed me a new card and things were going fine for a few days. The new card still had an unacceptable amount of coil whine (especially in WoW). Last night when I started raid, my screens go black suddenly, but the fans did not spin up. Finding this odd, I look over at the card at just the right time to see the LEDs flicker and a large spark/fireball erupt from top of the card by the pci-e locking clip. Computer immediately dies, and I rush to shut off the power at the psu. Long story short, the card is toast and my computer is fine.
 
Amazon rep was cool enough to let me hold onto the first card which is earmarked for RMA and send back the dead one for a refund. There are no replacements on Amazon until the 6th assuming I want to stay with evga. This is ridiculous. Evga has always been a solid choice for me, but this is the worst experience with a card I have ever had.
 
Is anyone aware of other 1080 models that do not have coil whine? It is almost unbearable if the frame rate goes above 90 fps. I didn't buy a $700 card to limit frames on my games with vsync or rivatuner.

Solarin1116
Is anyone aware of other 1080 models that do not have coil whine? It is almost unbearable if the frame rate goes above 90 fps. I didn't buy a $700 card to limit frames on my games with vsync or rivatuner.

Coil whine seems to be more or less normal these days. Like many other things.

mobsters

Solarin1116
Is anyone aware of other 1080 models that do not have coil whine? It is almost unbearable if the frame rate goes above 90 fps. I didn't buy a $700 card to limit frames on my games with vsync or rivatuner.

Coil whine seems to be more or less normal these days. Like many other things.

Mine is pretty bad. I would post a link to a video, but it is not working for some reason.
 

I just got my RMA replacement in Canada and it was a brand new sealed box and like posted before the only difference was plastic packing instead of foam. Played 3 hours or so of Rise of the tomb raider and so far so good. No idea about coil whine, not that I have noticed.