Don't trust technology news sites.
Don't trust fanboys.
 
It's EVGA. I trust EVGA and it will never be a problem.
 

mannitu78
good good...but better make therapy with card...make it healthy again and look like this:
 
 
 
 
thats what component-cooling on a high-end-card should look like. I would never go back to stock cooler. People spend several 100 bucks for their mainboard, but they dont care about the poor pcb, which is actually the mainboard for the gpu. Im still waiting for the day when the 1st company will introduce this as a pre-build custom solution....like they are doing with AIO water-cooling already. This thing would have a huge impact, more sucessful than anything before. EVGA 1080 FTW+Raijintek Morpheus...that thing would win award after award.
 
 
 

What a horrible "solution". Using like, 4 slots? Also, there are no pads for the VRM and VRAM. So nothing changes.
 
I have just registered, to talk a bit about misinformation said in this topic. What card do i have? 1070 SC Gaming.
 
Wich cards are problematic? FTW Cards.
Wich are not? The rest.
 
Should you be worried: NO. Should i use the ---> Free <---- solution to use pads for a problem i do not, and probably won't have? Sure.
 
The only post in this topic wich matters is the one about the gap, or flawed connection between preinstalled pads, and the gpu not getting full contact. This is a manufacturing flaw, wich should be RMA'd.
 
If you are really so worried, do a custom fan curve in MSI Afterburner or EVGA's tool. If your card is like mine, there is contact between the pcb and acx cooler. Thus this should provide extra cooling.
On full load, by default, the fans go to a max of 38%. I made a custom curve, now it's around 65 degrees C with fans around 60%. This is the tippingpoint audible-wise.
 
Keep this in mind: The German site used a test wich Nvidia does not condone! That tool does not officially support Pascal.
 
Also as a final note: Remember that EVGA Shipped out 100's if not thousands of cards, and there have only been a handfull of issues. You do not hear from happy users.
 
Edit for user above: well said.

New forum member and first time buyer of a Evga! 
 
I have been building my own pcs since Geforce 2 mx days and pretty much upgraded my graphics card with every generation. Over the last couple of years i have had the Gigabyte G1 series and Asus Strix series graphics card. This 1070 FTW is my first Evga card.
 
From the moment you open the box it screams quality. They include a lot and its packed very nicely. The build quality of the card with the heatsink/fan and backplate is very high. Very impressed with how the card looks and the quality of it.
 
The process of signing up to the site and registering my product/uploading invoice has been pain free/ went smoothly. No other manufactuer goes to this level of detail. I have read many reviews and forums and Evga has the best customer service hands down. Asus and gigabyte are a joke for customer service.
 
I have not played any games in length or stressed the card yet. When i read about the memory issue i was a bit dis heartened but low and behold i have the samsung memory so its a non issue. Now i have just read the 15 pages on here about the over heating issues. Again a bit upsetting as this is a $700 card here in Australia, but as i have not played or stressed the card yet no issues yet.
 
Is there any information regarding the Samsung memory cards not having the over heating issues ? It seems the Samsung cards were the earlier batch of cards and hopefully there is no gap between the plate and Vram!
 
Mods: I just requested my powerlink and thermal pads any chance of combinded postage so we don't have to pay to get them sent out?
 
Even with these issues i'm still happy i have come across to Evga for the customer service alone. I guess at the end of the day even if you card does overheat/blow/melt its still covered by warranty. Lets just hope it doesn't cook any of my other components if it does blow!

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mannitu78
good good...but better make therapy with card...make it healthy again and look like this:
 
 
 
 
thats what component-cooling on a high-end-card should look like. I would never go back to stock cooler. People spend several 100 bucks for their mainboard, but they dont care about the poor pcb, which is actually the mainboard for the gpu. Im still waiting for the day when the 1st company will introduce this as a pre-build custom solution....like they are doing with AIO water-cooling already. This thing would have a huge impact, more sucessful than anything before. EVGA 1080 FTW+Raijintek Morpheus...that thing would win award after award.
 
 
 

What a horrible "solution". Using like, 4 slots? Also, there are no pads for the VRM and VRAM. So nothing changes.
 
I have just registered, to talk a bit about misinformation said in this topic. What card do i have? 1070 SC Gaming.
 
Wich cards are problematic? FTW Cards.
Wich are not? The rest.
 
Should you be worried: NO. Should i use the ---> Free <---- solution to use pads for a problem i do not, and probably won't have? Sure.
 
The only post in this topic wich matters is the one about the gap, or flawed connection between preinstalled pads, and the gpu not getting full contact. This is a manufacturing flaw, wich should be RMA'd.
 
If you are really so worried, do a custom fan curve in MSI Afterburner or EVGA's tool. If your card is like mine, there is contact between the pcb and acx cooler. Thus this should provide extra cooling.
On full load, by default, the fans go to a max of 38%. I made a custom curve, now it's around 65 degrees C with fans around 60%. This is the tippingpoint audible-wise.
 
Keep this in mind: The German site used a test wich Nvidia does not condone! That tool does not officially support Pascal.
 
Also as a final note: Remember that EVGA Shipped out 100's if not thousands of cards, and there have only been a handfull of issues. You do not hear from happy users.
 
Edit for user above: well said.

 
No Pads on VRAM and VRM? Have you even got the smallest idea what you are talking about? There are -real- Heatsinks on every single memory chip and a big heatsink over the mosfets. I dont know how anybody can not see it, its more than obvious. And since when is 4 slots a problem? Enthusiasts fill their whole case with tubes and pumps and other things, just to keep things cool.
 
And about the happy users...unfortunatly none of us has access to any data that shows how many cards break or burn.

I have a DT FTW 1080 with the ACX 3.0 cooler. It would seem that I could use these pads.
Don't see where to get them.
I looked under support and the news section.
Ordered me a PowerLink.
But no pads...

wrangler
I have a DT FTW 1080 with the ACX 3.0 cooler. It would seem that I could use these pads.
Don't see where to get them.
I looked under support and the news section.
Ordered me a PowerLink.
But no pads...

http://www.evga.com/thermalmod/

shannonjpower

wrangler
I have a DT FTW 1080 with the ACX 3.0 cooler. It would seem that I could use these pads.
Don't see where to get them.
I looked under support and the news section.
Ordered me a PowerLink.
But no pads...

Thanks.
Been a while since I took a graphics card apart but I think I can manage.
I think it will actually be fun and I don't have to be without my card.
AND I can put some quality thermal paste on the GPU.

They are actually quite easy to dismantle. Hardest part was detaching and  attaching the 2 shroud cables to their connectors.

I own a GTX 1070 FTW. Are you telling me that this card could actually burn down my house?
 
I haven't had any trouble with it---probably because I game in 1080p---but I am really freaked out because I leave my PC on 24/7...

Virmire
I own a GTX 1070 FTW. Are you telling me that this card could actually burn down my house?
 
I haven't had any trouble with it---probably because I game in 1080p---but I am really freaked out because I leave my PC on 24/7...

Luck of the draw mate. Some will kick ass, some will die quietly, others will explode spectacularly. Best you can say is the potential is there.