those pics dont tell anything if you dont know the exact testsetup...there are missing tons of information.

mannitu78
 
btw I HAVE TO SAY something the wrote in the test which you cannot understand, as its german.
 
"You can bring the problem down to a certain point, if you put the fan on very high rpm, but thats only achievable with an annoying level Fan-Sound"...
sounds like dont get 106 C on the PCB if you turn the fan well above the stock profile.

Yeah this is the scary part, I'm actually thinking the problem gets worse if you have good airflow in the case. In my case the fans only ran at 40-45% during full load at 1440p in games, and I was getting the exact same 73 degree temp like their metro game gets. If you know anyone with a 1080 FTW tell them to use custom fan curves if they use the stock cooler and have good airflow otherwise because the card is killing itself by not spinning the GPU fan fast enough. OCed or not doesn't matter it seems.

id buy a few little mosfet heatsinks for 10 bucks and put them on the back of the pcb, with thick thermal pads. You have a FTW?

I've ran a longer stint of Heaven with the sidepanel removed.
 

 
The value absolute temperature value of the heatsink is a bit different on a more sensible emissivity setting, but close enough. For comparison I used the ~1.0 e-value, which Guru3d uses.



 
On this pic the hotspot on the mobo side ls located pretty much where the VRMs are?




 
1070 FTW. For this price Evga should start thinking about providing pads for free if it's the solution. Luckily the card is brand new and can be sent back.

heaven is not good...you need something that pulls more power....for example Firestrike extreme. That pulls more power, 100% usage does not mean always same power-draw

NetQvist

acxcoolerssuck
guru3d also has vrm temp tests on some 1070s including ftw. same conclusion too.
 
 
one of the main reasons why nvidia has blacklisted furmark should be the poor cooling performance of nvidia stock cooler.
 

Ugh thankfully my reseller just sent me a message that I'll get a Asus Strix 1080 OC as a replacement instead of the EVGA, sent my card in on Monday before these thermal images and now I'm really glad I won't have to try another FTW.
 
The cards are literally fire hazards if you happen to get a bad batch, bad components or whatever the source of this problem is.

When this issue first arose with my FTW, I also took the plunge and got a Strix OC instead. It has been a great card thus far with no issues. I was concerned at first since PCB images show some of the ram modules not being cooled in contrast to the FTW (hence my decision to purchase first and evga's CS), but my Asus card runs very cool and never exceeds 65C under full load.

i can see a contradiction here^^....you said you were concerned about the uncooled VRAMs form the strix, but then you you were happy because the GPU only gets 65 C warm.
 
For me personally the KFA HOF seems to be the best card...whenever theres no Classified or MSI Lightning available.

mannitu78
i can see a contradiction here^^....you said you were concerned about the uncooled VRAMs form the strix, but then you you were happy because the GPU only gets 65 C warm.
 
For me personally the KFA HOF seems to be the best card...whenever theres no Classified or MSI Lightning available.

Indeed there is some contradiction, since the only card I had to compare it to was my previous FTW 1080. Under load my ftw would push upwards to 80C full load with what appeared to be superior cooling in contrast to the strix. However the Strix with some uncooled vram runs 15C cooler with what may seem a inferior design without artifacts or black screens. So ultimately I am happy with the purchase. With that said, Asus customer support is terrible, and RMA process even worse hence why keep going back to EVGA. Hopefully they get this under control.

So with all these cards burning..I take it B-Stock 1070-1080's are something that everyone will want to avoid? haha
 
Damn this sucks.  And I wanted to get an EVGA card with my EVGA Bucks too.

So if I overclock my 1080 FTW I will get blown the xxx out? Not sounding good.