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I RMA'd my card, got a new one a week later, has been running amazingly well since. Hasn't crashed yet. 

I'm happy about this turnout of working cards. That has been happening these past couple weeks. So far it seems most people have been getting the New fixed cards! 

nautics889

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So far my RMA card is not having the black screen (yet?). It's overclocking quite wonderfully though, by default without any changes to power and temp or voltage, it boosts 2025 Mhz. I've been letting Witcher 3 run overnight (just standing at one place thought) and in the morning the game's still running.
 
It looks like I got an old card though since the serial number is 2624 from factory 29 and I have the plastics stuck under the screw. Maybe they fix the PCB but put on an old shroud?
 
Any idea how I can get the rest of the plastics out? Tweezers aren't not working since they're too tight. My cheap screw set from the dollar store with the 1.5 Hex and T6 bit doesn't fit and I'm definitely not going to pay $50 for an iFixit set just because EVGA messed up their side.
 
FYI, my old card serial was 5261 from factory 25 and it has black screen.

Glad to hear that! Happy Gaming! yea that can be an issue. Did you make sure you to pull the plastic very slowly? lol 

They would slip off or tear off no matter what I do. On some of the screws I managed to get most of the visible pieces off by tearing them bit by bit but I'm sure the whole chunk is still stuck under.

Dang both of the cards I got I just slowly tore the plastic and it managed to come out. Maybe tweezers?

nautics889
Dang both of the cards I got I just slowly tore the plastic and it managed to come out. Maybe tweezers?

Tried tweezers, too tight, doesn't work. I'm pretty sure whatever holes are on the plastics are made by the screws piercing through them. I guess I'll leave them there and wait for the Hybrid FTW kit to come out.

When the issue occurs. Have you checked event log for errors? Did it have any?

my 1st RMA card has arrived and did not give me any fuss so far. i've only played for an hour or so, so I really need to test more over the weekends.
coming from GTX 580 SLI and cannot be more happier.
 

relevance
my 1st RMA card has arrived and did not give me any fuss so far. i've only played for an hour or so, so I really need to test more over the weekends.
coming from GTX 580 SLI and cannot be more happier.
 

Seems as if people are receiving good cards now. I'm just hoping that the 1080 I picked up today (my first Hybrid) is from a good batch. My GTX 780 Classy is still performing ok, but as I'm running 1440p@144hz it sometimes struggles to keep up.

Avisari

relevance
my 1st RMA card has arrived and did not give me any fuss so far. i've only played for an hour or so, so I really need to test more over the weekends.
coming from GTX 580 SLI and cannot be more happier.
 

Seems as if people are receiving good cards now. I'm just hoping that the 1080 I picked up today (my first Hybrid) is from a good batch. My GTX 780 Classy is still performing ok, but as I'm running 1440p@144hz it sometimes struggles to keep up.

you should be! Happy Gaming!

I cannot speak highly enough of EVGA's customer support in my case. Contacted them via email and the guy gave me rma number almost instantly no questions asked. I tried to get advanced rma but unfortunately that was not an option as I am in Australia. They told me they would take care of the shipping costs. Next day toll came and picked the card up. Fast forward 2 weeks and I Recieved my brand new in box with plastic still intact on outside of box. This is why I choose EVGA. So far the new card is good. Still some testing to be done though.

Rakeos
I cannot speak highly enough of EVGA's customer support in my case. Contacted them via email and the guy gave me rma number almost instantly no questions asked. I tried to get advanced rma but unfortunately that was not an option as I am in Australia. They told me they would take care of the shipping costs. Next day toll came and picked the card up. Fast forward 2 weeks and I Recieved my brand new in box with plastic still intact on outside of box. This is why I choose EVGA. So far the new card is good. Still some testing to be done though.

Glad to hear! Happy Gaming!