Active military still. Naha definitely a fun city to visit. The scuba was by far the best part of the entire island though. Cape Zanpa, horseshoe cove, and toilet bowl were the three best dive spots.

I am going to end up driving this topic off course if I keep going, lol.

Over on Guru3D I read it's possible for ACX 3.0 owners to receive thermal pads for their backplated cards? How and where?
 

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Over on Guru3D I read it's possible for ACX 3.0 owners to receive thermal pads for their backplated cards? How and where?
 

They're working on that process now. They have said it will be announced today though. I assume they're ironing out the details with procuring the pads, shipping setup, etc. 

Can't say I'm happy with this response. It's literally a band-aid fix. And there's no clarification as to why these cards are running hotter than both competitors and reference cards, especially when EVGA has made claims that non FTWs are not affected because they use a reference board. Doesn't add up. If I'm able to receive a cash refund for my 1070 SC, I will be doing that. Thermal pads are not a suitable solution for a $400 product. 

I have a evga 1070FTW for 2 months and have played BF1, Farcry 4, BF Hardline,  tested it today with Heaven benchmark, furmark for 30 min and do not have problems with it.
Or should I be worried
I have a nzxt h440 new edition with 3x 140mm fans 2 in the front en 1 in the back of my case
My temps in my room are 21 degrees

Is the 1070FTW cooler the same as the 1080FTW cooler? I havent had any blackscreen or 100% fan issues but its also really cold right now in my basement...what will happen come spring/summer

 In my gtx 1070 ftw i have the thermal pad on the vrm but , after i run a firestrike ultra benchmark the card is pretty hot on the backplate , but the temperature is near equal from the back side of the gpu and the vrm... Should i change the pad on vram and vrm for better performance and lifespan? if i do so i avoid the warranty?  

I will be requesting the thermal pads. better safe than sorry. 

Subscryber
Can't say I'm happy with this response. It's literally a band-aid fix. And there's no clarification as to why these cards are running hotter than both competitors and reference cards, especially when EVGA has made claims that non FTWs are not affected because they use a reference board. Doesn't add up. If I'm able to receive a cash refund for my 1070 SC, I will be doing that. Thermal pads are not a suitable solution for a $400 product. 

EVGA specifically stated ACX cards are affected. Blower cards are not. I think you may be reading what someone else wrote and thinking that EVGA said something they didn't. The card tested by evga is a Non FTW card, showing that they are referring to the ACX cooler, not the board.

I wonder if the requested pads come with decent TIM since we're gonna have to reseat the GPUs again..
 
Man..went through the same thing with i installed an aftermarket cooler on my Radeon 290X Reference...VRMs got super hot and got sent out a custom heatsink/thermal pad set
 
Super annoying