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dzernesto

Scarlet-Tech
 
How acx - acx2.0 linked with acx3.0 ?
Below pictures of (970-980-1070) FTW & 980ti SC.
As you can see there difference from card to card and especially the thermal pads that are under the baseplate of 1070 (it has a line of thermal pad 5mm).
Compare the baseplate and thermal pads of 1070 with the others

The factory thermal pad is 5mm ?

no, 5mm I mean the width as you can see in picture

 ohhh, ok thanks for clarification! So we do have room for improvement. Is that 1070 yours? could you verify if the thermal pds are indeed touching memories? there should be marks from pressure on them.

@dzernesto
You welcome, no it's not mine and i don't dissamble the card until more informations come out.
From here are the pictures
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tomshardware.de%2Fnvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-gtx-1070-grafikkarten-roundup%2Ctestberichte-242137-2.html

I just found this post here -> forums.evga.com/What-i-supposed-to-do-with-my-1080-FTW-m2568851.aspx
Indeed there is a problem with thermal pads touching memories. this is concerning. Hes card was indeed operating in high temps. Mines is not, even so I'll check later. 

Morduck1985
Hi guys, I'm a new member in the forums.
I'm kind of worried that my card lifespan is in danger. Should I be worried. Is thermal pad really needed? I don't want to place the thermal pad myself as I don't want to damage the card. I don't have the skills.
 

I would personally recommend anyone with these cards to stop what your doing, and conduct your own visual inspection
before continuing to unknowingly torture your hardware, as those temps cannot be directly monitored otherwise.
Seems this whole thing is subject to a lottery of its own, and the stakes are high, so don't mess about. Do the pads !

I assume any sort of warranty the card is under will remain 100% intact when making these modifications?

Correct.

dzernesto
I just found this post here -> forums.evga.com/What-i-supposed-to-do-with-my-1080-FTW-m2568851.aspx
Indeed there is a problem with thermal pads touching memories. this is concerning. Hes card was indeed operating in high temps. Mines is not, even so I'll check later. 

Those images are certainly concerning- if that's what some cards look like it makes sense people are having heat and clocking issues.

we paid 400+€ for theese cards and also now we have to make some modding/customization ourself to make it work properly
LOL this is insane
ok i can agree they will send me the pads for the backplate BUT now i have also to check the clearence between mem chips/gpu and heatsink... and maybe change pads with others more thick
i mean this is not 1070/1080 FTW... just invert the F and the W and you get my point (edition)
we should RMA directly if we have this problem and EVGA should replace with new fixed models

sedropop
I heard this temperature problems, and I checked my EVGA card.
(EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0)
And I found some gap between the Memory and the thermal pad.
 
Well this is disappointing.

My first 1070 FTW when suffering from heat realized that a screw was not totally screwed, i had to change the position of screws to screw it completely, check it.

Poliacido
we paid 400+€ for theese cards and also now we have to make some modding/customization ourself to make it work properly
LOL this is insane
ok i can agree they will send me the pads for the backplate BUT now i have also to check the clearence between mem chips/gpu and heatsink... and maybe change pads with others more thick
i mean this is not 1070/1080 FTW... just invert the F and the W and you get my point (edition)
we should RMA directly if we have this problem and EVGA should replace with new fixed models

I honestly think this does ask a lot of end-users and introduces the potential for a whole slew of other issues. (Did you touch something you shouldn't have? Did you properly apply the pads? Did you properly apply thermal paste? In all areas? Did you put everything back together correctly?) If this is the sort of thing that might typically result in voiding your warranty (But isn't in this case), is this really the right solution?
 
I hear people keep saying too that, "Well, if you don't notice an issue, just remember, it's all within proper limits." But we're still getting these pads offered, which means it's apparently a big enough issue to offer some type of solution.
 
I don't know, It's just not a comforting response.