ElBartoME
ZeroBANG
I ordered my 1080 FTW on the 30th of August in Germany.
Is there any way to know for sure if my card is affected by this?
...no black screens or anything suspicious so far.
personally i'd feel better with that increased warranty time, just in case.
but i don't really want to throw 50€ at it either, the card was expensive enough already.
If the problem doesn't manifest itself in the first three years I seriously doubt your card is affected.
That sounds reasonable. But it's also true (I think) that those who already experienced smoke, fire etc, were the first, and experienced faster failure than most
This overheating is likely to result in a slow degradation of those components affected. It may not cause any
problems for a week, a month, or a year. But, VRAM taken above max temp by a little time and again will eventually cause failure. If it's much higher it will result in fast failure.
Some people may not be affected. I guess that's just the nature of hardware. It can only handle so much stress above and beyond what it's designed for.
EVGA have acknowleged the issue, and last I read they will sent thermal pads, free, post free too, to those who apply.
The issue is very real, the timeline will vary a lot!
Kudos to EVGA for acknowledgment and offering a solution. I reckon other companies wouldn't handle it this way. Good job EVGA customer service!