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.

omg another guy with the same problem... guys you are scaring me! Hope this will not be another 10xx ftw problem
need to check my 1070 ftw asap

libneon
I'm wondering if the 100% fan/black screen issue is being caused by components near the hotspot/VRM being damaged but not outright failing. On my 1070 the resistors in that area caught fire, but maybe on some cards they are damaged without obvious outward damage. Because once people start having the issue it seems to only get worse. If it was just cooling then that wouldn't happen, it seems to point to the fact that some has changed with the card. This is pure speculation but the problem seems to be affecting more than a few people. Of the burnt cards I've seen on here and reddit and a few hardware sites it's always been the hotspot VRM area where the damage appeared.

 
This article here is suggesting somewhere along those lines as a secondary effect. Also, The VRM's are rated higher than
the memory modules, so even if the VRM's are operating within their spec, the heat generated by them can effect surrounding
components with a lower temp rating, such as the memory modules, which appears to be the origin of the black screens.
Initially, it was thought that the Micron memory issue was at fault, but the bad reports still came in after the bios update.
 
http://www.guru3d.com/new...verheating-issues.html  

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.

 
Now this, this is something to take a closer look.
Should be pretty easy to fix (thicker thermal pad), but definitely a flaw on ACX design.

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.

Based on this, as a 1080 SC owner, supposing that there may be gaps on my card as well and also that the VRM may be prone to causing trouble with the VRAM temps in this configuration, wouldn't it be a possible solution to just straight up remove the front plate?
 
This may sound stupid (and probably is), but I have a feeling that if fresh air from just the fans may cool the components better than having a metal plate with air gaps basically blocking the heat transfer.
 
Obviously a more elegant, and undoubtedly better solution would be to replace those pads with slightly thicker ones so they actually connect the components with the front plate.
 
And as I said earlier, I understand that most cards probably don't have those gaps.

goa48

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.

Based on this, as a 1080 SC owner, supposing that there may be gaps on my card as well and also that the VRM may be prone to causing trouble with the VRAM temps in this configuration, wouldn't it be a possible solution to just straight up remove the front plate?
 
This may sound stupid (and probably is), but I have a feeling that if fresh air from just the fans may cool the components better than having a metal plate with air gaps basically blocking the heat transfer.
 
Obviously a more elegant, and undoubtedly better solution would be to replace those pads with slightly thicker ones so they actually connect the components with the front plate.
 
And as I said earlier, I understand that most cards probably don't have those gaps.

A thicker pad could be used to close any gaps, but you do not want to remove the heat spreader from the VRM'S. they would definitely overheat then.

I will check my 1070 FTW asap to see if have those gaps too.
If does, i'll try to figure it out what thickness should be optimal to fix the gap without bending the plate, and post results.
 
I do not have any problems with my card. But as I said before, my old GTX 780sc ACX died because of VRM reasons, I just want to increase the lifespan of my card.

howdy2u2
1060 issue, I'll call BS on that!! I have 2 running 24/7 folding and no temperature issue. Cards are running ~53-58*c and have been since installation fans on override @ 63%. GPU temperature yes, VRM temperatures don't really care because they are under warranty. If they did have an issue I'm pretty sure I'd have seen it by now. If your overheating a 1060 you better look at your case cooling configuration.

Well i'll be, i just saw this new thread, thought of someone here and just couldn't help myself.
 
EVGA GTX 1060 6GB ACX 2.0 blew up and caught fire 
 

Scarlet-Tech
As I explained earlier in this thread, the ACX and ACX 2.0 BOTH utilized the same base plate design and heat pipe design. Neither of those suffered this issue. Hopefully EVGA is looking into what is causing this issue. Why would any company add extra thermal tape to an area that has never heeded it in the past? The true question is what is causing this issue to occur if it never happened in the past?

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 width).
Compare the baseplate and thermal pads of 1070 with the others.
Also the gap at baseplate that 1070 have(hasn't) at vrm location compared with the others is small. The air at 970/980/980ti come straight to vrm's.
 
970ftw acx2
 
 
 
980FTW acx2 


 
980TI SC acx2 


 
1070FTW acx3  
 

 

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 ?

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