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I think we should lay on some pressure and allow our cards to receive a redesigned cooler and get the PCB swapped. This is simply ridiculous. I have done 3 months of heavy gaming on mine already, I can imagine how that heatsink will look when I take it off, not to mention the life span that has been removed from the tortured hardware. Hell; my MSi gaming had artifacting from the get go and had to swap it out (Micron Memory) so I decided to go with EVGA because their products are highly praised, that apparently was a mistake... Now I know why they didn't give reviewers the FTW's to review at launch.
 
Seems one can't trust anyone anymore.

Its got me so concerned now, that i don't want to play any games on it until I'm thoroughly convinced all this has been put to rest.
I'm waiting for the thermal pads so i can install them and new TIM. Once I'm done with all that, I'm going to temporarily dedicate
3 temp probes to the VRM's and memory so i can closely monitor things to be sure everything checks out with high loads. I've got
the sneaky suspicion that it may already have irreversible effects from the use it has had thus far, and will only get worse. Can't
wait to get that back-plate off and have a look under it, it just may even prove to be a thermal improvement leaving it off altogether.

Leonardohlb

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Poliacido
iirc when you have more phases and so more vrms those should be cooler than having less power phases like the reference pcb
so i don't understand why the ftw cards are so hot... maybe it is really because they don't have enough cooling on those parts

It does have more phases, but it is not a 180W card like the reference.

Zotac has TDP of 300W msi next 300w which justifies the FTW have 215W?

TDP is not power consumption. TDP is the amount of thermal energy the cooling solution is designed to dissipate.

Their response was useless without any sense you say such a thing, i tested the bios zotac and msi in my EVGA, i say that the clock was much more stable without wavering, and consumption was close to 280w test on OCCT.

Sure other than being right.  That they could draw 280 watts on those cards is a different thing from your TDP claim. I was just pointing out your incorrect usage is all.  EVGA rates the power draw at 215 watts stock. Those are two different things as power draw or usage is not the same as TDP.

Understand how you want, in any way the board has many limitations, this is what matters in an enthusiast model, these heating problems and limiting consumption, power, voltage, clock, watts none of this should be considered in this model enthusiast.

The manufacturer has to consider all those factors. They are not going to produce a part that has a significant chance of failing. So, they put in limits to what you can do. An 'enthusiast' exceeds those limits and loses the warranty. It's a trade off.  It always has been.

shows us how stupid and senseless all that big Youtube-Hardware Channels are, giving award after award, considering themselfes as enthusiasts and showing us a Witcher 3 benchmark for the 1001th time, but if theres a sensitive point, you can be pretty sure they will miss it.

My 1070 FTW is going back to seller.
 
Micron memory, VRM hotspot... combined this has been a very, very disappointing purchase and a serious dent in my faith in EVGA getting high quality product out. I will be avoiding their GPUs in the future. The thermal pad 'fix', while I understand it from a business perspective, really should have been pre-installed on every card. EVGA designed ACX 3.0 not with the best cooling in mind, but with the lowest possible cost and GPU core temp only. Critical elements are missing here to pass as an enthusiast air cooler and putting the work into the hands of the customer is just *not* cool at all.
 
People who are 'happy' with this fix... to each their own, but it's not right.

I have a GTX 1070 FTW sealed in the box for a new build, should I send it back and request a refund?
I think EVGA should recall this cards for a new fixed replacement.
Not everyone can do the thermalmod fix

Hi all. I live in Russia and bought 1070 FTW week ago. Now everything is fine with it, but i'm little bit disappointed by this situation, coz EVGA is my lovely videocard brand. Under Russian laws "visible fire\electrical damage on electronical components it`s a mark of misuse and cause of warranty denial". Besides in RMA rules on EVGA site wrote "Damaged boxes, or products received in shipping envelopes, or bubble bags will be immediately rejected and returned to the sender" what in Russian post service is an usual thing:). And what can i do? Easier fly over Atlantica to US with my bear, burnt card, borsch, vodka and balalaika and deliver card directly in EVGA office. Guys, please, if there were original EVGA posts with VRM problem acceptance give me a links. I talked with the seller and he needs official info from manufacturer for warranty card change when it`s have visible combusted components. I can`t get answer from email customer service. TY.
 
Sorry my bad english.
 

bissagars
I have a GTX 1070 FTW sealed in the box for a new build, should I send it back and request a refund?
I think EVGA should recall this cards for a new fixed replacement.
Not everyone can do the thermalmod fix

I would certainly return the item. EVGA is known for good quality and friendly service/support. It seems EVGA had an issue with the FTW design and doesn't want to recall all products.

Thumbs up for providing some instructions from EVGA on where and what kind of pads should be used!!!

Also received an automated reply from support.

It's my last EVGA Card. First the micron now this.  This is embarrassing EVGA. I pay a lot of money for this and EVGA 
invest little money for a this card. What's next ?? They just want to save money. Does EVGA not test the cards themselves? The quality management seems to be the customer here?
 

Galaxy90
First the micron now this.  

 
??? The thing with the micron memory is nvidia related. Every GTX 1070 with micron memory need a firmware patch.
EVGA and Palit were the first two brands which provided the firmware update.