The thing is, even if all the new cards which have shipped since the fix was applied do not have this issue anymore, there can always be old stock around that might still show this behaviour. So we cannot deduct that this is "not fixed" simply by people still having this issue. There are factors like where they have bought it, when they actually did order it, if RMA to where and when (as EVGA has confirmed that EU had some old stock cards which have been sent out) and of course HOW they treated the cards. If any additional overclock happened or not. So far, many posters here which said their card crapped out did not mention the latter esp. OR expect the card to be working properly even with a mild overclock.
Even if the FTW is running at a higher clock (by factory OCing it), it is still advertized by the baseline clocks of the reference board or with a rather conservative statement. Thus any clock in excess of that is a bonus. Going beyond that cannot be expected to be stable and any BS + 100% issue happening in that situation must be seen as a different issue than this happening at default settings (no additional overclock, default fan curve). Only by this we as users could be capable of providing help for each other as we establish a baseline from which any deviation can help pinpoint the cause.
The right thing to do is of course to test each card after assembly with a burn-in test. As EVGA obviously tried to be smart about their production costs, I expect only basic tests to be made on occasion and not with each item. This explains this situation but does of course not excuse it. For the future, I would recommend being more thorough with QC. THAT is, what a manufacturer brand lives by in the end. Not damage control aka customer service, however nice and very helpful it may be.