As much as I would have liked to buy an EVGA 1080 this year, I decided to go with a MSI gaming X card.
Tested last night and everything is running no problems. Card reached 70 degrees and is dead silent. 
 
Have not yet had a 100% BS issue yet, and I'm not expecting one either :)

robin15243
 
Have not yet had a 100% BS issue yet

I am glad this abbreviation is catching on :)
 
 
#100%BS

I have had a similar issue with my card - GTX 1080 FTW - black screen with 100% fans when playing Witcher 3.
 
I decided to set a custom fan profile in EVGA Precision OC so that my card does not go over 70 degrees ever.
Also bough a new extension lead feeding power to my PC and making sure that no other devices are plugged into the lead except my PC.
 
Haven't had the issue again.
Hopefully solved on my end.

Received my replacement card the other day, sealed in a retail box. So far it's been running great. Played GTA V for 4 hours with no problems, while my last card would consistently crash within an hour or so. Also ran Witcher 3 for a couple hours, no problems there either. Hopefully I'm in the clear (touch wood), but I have to give EVGA credit for offering me the best possible solution: a free Advanced RMA, even though I wasn't in the "contiguous "lower 48" United States." It definitely made the RMA process about as painless as possible.

metaphoria
Received my replacement card the other day, sealed in a retail box. So far it's been running great. Played GTA V for 4 hours with no problems, while my last card would consistently crash within an hour or so. Also ran Witcher 3 for a couple hours, no problems there either. Hopefully I'm in the clear (touch wood), but I have to give EVGA credit for offering me the best possible solution: a free Advanced RMA, even though I wasn't in the "contiguous "lower 48" United States." It definitely made the RMA process about as painless as possible.

From what I've read the customer support has been very good in this issue. It's the lack of information that people have been complaining about, and generally speaking well of the support.

Reaper122
I have had a similar issue with my card - GTX 1080 FTW - black screen with 100% fans when playing Witcher 3.
 
I decided to set a custom fan profile in EVGA Precision OC so that my card does not go over 70 degrees ever.
Also bough a new extension lead feeding power to my PC and making sure that no other devices are plugged into the lead except my PC.
 
Haven't had the issue again.
Hopefully solved on my end.

The 31 pages of comments before you tell a different story. EVGA have confirmed its a defect on the card. Also it does seem to get progressively worse. I clocked up over 25 hours on Witcher 3 between the first and 2nd crash over the course of a week. A week after that it was crashing every 20 minutes.
 
I do hope you're the exception and it really was just a one off, but id keep an eye on it and use it as much as you can

Well I got a raised RMA request from ebuyer when reporting the issue to them ( Still within my returns policy ) I was wondering should I just a direct replacement hoping to not get the same results or just get my money back. Perhaps maybe just RMA it with EVGA directly and get a new card from them with a higher chance of being fixed. But reading this forum post and some others seems like a lot are on there 2nd to 3rd RMA, although mentioned above the RMA issue has been fixed but I am a bit worried now.
 
Thinking if I do just get a refund from ebuyer i'd buy a different card from MSI maybe.

Ksmillie
Well I got a raised RMA request from ebuyer when reporting the issue to them ( Still within my returns policy ) I was wondering should I just a direct replacement hoping to not get the same results or just get my money back. Perhaps maybe just RMA it with EVGA directly and get a new card from them with a higher chance of being fixed. But reading this forum post and some others seems like a lot are on there 2nd to 3rd RMA, although mentioned above the RMA issue has been fixed but I am a bit worried now.
 
Thinking if I do just get a refund from ebuyer i'd buy a different card from MSI maybe.

I decided to send my 3rd RMA back to Amazon for a full refund since Evga thinks its ok for customers to pay full price for a card to be given a used card. Not like its our fault that they messed up their hardware, forcing us to send the card back and forth to them, which in turn is a lengthy process and ofc is going to go over the Evga 30 day return term to be eligible for a brand new RMA card (EU only?).
Best part was when I received my 2nd RMA card it was brand new and after the "fix" date and it still had the 100%+BS issue. They told me to send it back because they 'let one slip through' (again, they messed up), so I assumed I was getting a band new card..ended up with a used card that ran slower, hotter, didn't overclock as well, and had louder coil whine.
 
I ordered the MSI 1080 gaming X, if your worried/not confident about the whole RMA process then I suggest you do the same to avoid any hassle (wish I did sooner).
 

J0NOX

Ksmillie
Well I got a raised RMA request from ebuyer when reporting the issue to them ( Still within my returns policy ) I was wondering should I just a direct replacement hoping to not get the same results or just get my money back. Perhaps maybe just RMA it with EVGA directly and get a new card from them with a higher chance of being fixed. But reading this forum post and some others seems like a lot are on there 2nd to 3rd RMA, although mentioned above the RMA issue has been fixed but I am a bit worried now.
 
Thinking if I do just get a refund from ebuyer i'd buy a different card from MSI maybe.

I decided to send my 3rd RMA back to Amazon for a full refund since Evga thinks its ok for customers to pay full price for a card to be given a used card. Not like its our fault that they messed up their hardware, forcing us to send the card back and forth to them, which in turn is a lengthy process and ofc is going to go over the Evga 30 day return term to be eligible for a brand new RMA card (EU only?).
Best part was when I received my 2nd RMA card it was brand new and after the "fix" date and it still had the 100%+BS issue. They told me to send it back because they 'let one slip through', so I assumed I was getting a band new card..ended up with a used card that ran slower, hotter, didn't overclock as well, and had louder coil whine.
 
I ordered the MSI 1080 gaming X, if your worried/not confident about the whole RMA process then I suggest you do the same to avoid any hassle (wish I did sooner).
 

Damn... that sucks! i'm Glad you were able to get a refund. I'm actually on the phone with the I think TECH 2, trying to see if i can get a new Retail one. i wish i could just refund it and go with another brand which i would hate to do because i've liked EVGA after BFG has been out of the picture. 

J0NOX

Ksmillie
Well I got a raised RMA request from ebuyer when reporting the issue to them ( Still within my returns policy ) I was wondering should I just a direct replacement hoping to not get the same results or just get my money back. Perhaps maybe just RMA it with EVGA directly and get a new card from them with a higher chance of being fixed. But reading this forum post and some others seems like a lot are on there 2nd to 3rd RMA, although mentioned above the RMA issue has been fixed but I am a bit worried now.
 
Thinking if I do just get a refund from ebuyer i'd buy a different card from MSI maybe.

I decided to send my 3rd RMA back to Amazon for a full refund since Evga thinks its ok for customers to pay full price for a card to be given a used card. Not like its our fault that they messed up their hardware, forcing us to send the card back and forth to them, which in turn is a lengthy process and ofc is going to go over the Evga 30 day return term to be eligible for a brand new RMA card (EU only?).
Best part was when I received my 2nd RMA card it was brand new and after the "fix" date and it still had the 100%+BS issue. They told me to send it back because they 'let one slip through', so I assumed I was getting a band new card..ended up with a used card that ran slower, hotter, didn't overclock as well, and had louder coil whine.
 
I ordered the MSI 1080 gaming X, if your worried/not confident about the whole RMA process then I suggest you do the same to avoid any hassle (wish I did sooner).
 

I'm in sort of the same boat... I had to rma my first card because I got rainbow artifacts at stock vram speed.   They sent me a new card with similar clocks, but got the BS and 100% fan issue.  So I got my 3rd card factory sealed and taped box, but plastic container inside instead of the cardboard with my first 2 cards.  Card had power cords and folder but the plastic sealing on the card itself had fingerprints on the other side, and i noticed some scratching around a couple screw holes... the wrap was kind of half assily slapped on as well.... I feel like there was a little piece of plastic covering the little metal 'gtx 1080' logo strip in between the fans also but was not present in this card.
 
I feel like this is not a new card.  Also the boost clocks are significantly lower in oc or default clocks.  I'm not stoked, this was a lot of cash to shell out for me.
 
What do ya'll think?  New card hasn't given me problems... yet... but the old card only BS and 100% fans in ARK... IDK what to do, but im not feeling particularly satisfied...