The others are right.  No need to worry about what might happen tomorrow.  If your card is working fine now, enjoy it.  If it starts glitching or causing problems, EVGA will replace it for the 3 year warranty period.  The chances of it "taking your computer with it" are slim to none.  Yes it's possible - but so is it possible that your PSU could crap out at any moment and take out your system, or one of your RAM modules could die and damage your mobo, or your mobo itself could just die and damage other components....This is possible with any electronic component.  Unlikely, but always possible.  Or your house could even be hit by lightning....
 
My FTW 1080 works great, runs cool and is a great card.  If something happens I'll RMA it.  I wouldn't stress about it.  Get the thermal pads if you want and replace them, and be sure and put some good TIM (MX-4, etc.) back onto the die, and enjoy.

Well I finally got my MSI 1080 Gaming Z and wow the difference... Something must have been seriously wrong with my 1080 FTW.
 
Windows idle temp is now ~50 degrees at 0% fan compared to EVGA having issues staying just below 60 so the fans would kick in every now and then, main reason is the fact that card doesn't clock down below ~1200-1300 Mhz due to my triple monitors and main monitor at 120Hz (Down from 165Hz in Windows).
 
Games (DOOM and Rise of the Tomb Raider) are running at 65 degrees compared to EVGA at 73 degrees at stock settings and the MSI is boosting to 1999,5 (screw that value) on stock OC setting compared to the EVGA's 1962.
 
I have not changed anything else with my fans or computer, just switched Strix 980 -> 1080 FTW -> Strix 980 -> 1080 Gaming Z
 
Now to hope it doesn't start destroying itself after 2 weeks like my FTW did.

My 1080 FTW has been running flawless since I got it in July, I am not concerned about it at all. Temps very reasonable whilst gaming in the low 60's c.
 
I have been with EVGA for many years and I know they have my back should something happen - they always have.  I doubt anything will, imagine I will replace this card long before it gives up the ghost.

I totally understand the OP's concerns. Its a bit hard not to be concerned after witnessing EVGA getting hammered
with endless forum posts of failures and RMA's. The failures themselves arn't all that varied either, and mostly the
same kind of failures are reported. Its at a point now where ppl are losing their consumer faith in EVGA over this
new Pascal series with all these similar reports. It has some thinking that there's something fundamentally wrong
with EVGA's design, and even tho nothing has happened yet to their hardware, the paranoia is there because of
how the faults manifests themselves from ongoing use over time. Heat related problems can't be timed to an
exact science, but its common knowledge that heat will kill electronics given enough time and intensity. Yeh
EVGA might be great at having your back, but that does nothing to bolster my faith in their Pascal engineering.
I even had the thought that a bigger portion might eventually be effected, its just hasn't had enough time yet.
Intellectually, this 1070 of mine has been a burden on my time. If it where a woman, i'd say it'd be like getting with
a hot super model that strikes you with her external appearances and seduction, then over time begins to become
apparent how ugly she really is on the inside as you get to know her. Bad analogy, but it sounded funny in my head !

NucleusX
I totally understand the OP's concerns. Its a bit hard not to be concerned after witnessing EVGA getting hammered
with endless forum posts of failures and RMA's. The failures themselves  arn't all that varied, and mostly the same
kind of failures are reported. Its at a point now where ppl are losing their consumer faith in EVGA over this new
Pascal series with all these similar reports. It has some thinking that there's something fundamentally wrong with
with EVGA's design, and even tho nothing has happened yet to their hardware, the paranoia is there because of
how the faults manifests themselves from ongoing use over time. Heat related problems can't be timed to an
exact science, but its common knowledge that heat will kill electronics given enough time and intensity. Yeh
EVGA might be great at having your back, but that does nothing to bolster my faith in their Pascal engineering.

Guess what? If the card dies for any reason, evga will replace it and more than likely cross ship it for no cost. No bull huh? The card is covered 100%. Are we that impatient in this day and age that we can't wait a three or four days for a brand new card to show up at our door?
 
I mean really?? EVGA, we will always buy your stuff cause we know you come through when we need it.
 
Thanks.

You're thinking like a typical consumer. I'm thinking like an enthusiast. Lemme repeat this.
 
"Yeh EVGA might be great at having your back, but that does nothing to bolster my faith in their Pascal engineering."
 
As a consumer, thats great, as an enthusiast, its potentially a massive embarrassment to their engineering. 

jarablue

NucleusX
I totally understand the OP's concerns. Its a bit hard not to be concerned after witnessing EVGA getting hammered
with endless forum posts of failures and RMA's. The failures themselves  arn't all that varied, and mostly the same
kind of failures are reported. Its at a point now where ppl are losing their consumer faith in EVGA over this new
Pascal series with all these similar reports. It has some thinking that there's something fundamentally wrong with
with EVGA's design, and even tho nothing has happened yet to their hardware, the paranoia is there because of
how the faults manifests themselves from ongoing use over time. Heat related problems can't be timed to an
exact science, but its common knowledge that heat will kill electronics given enough time and intensity. Yeh
EVGA might be great at having your back, but that does nothing to bolster my faith in their Pascal engineering.

Guess what? If the card dies for any reason, evga will replace it and more than likely cross ship it for no cost. No bull huh? The card is covered 100%. Are we that impatient in this day and age that we can't wait a three or four days for a brand new card to show up at our door?
 
I mean really?? EVGA, we will always buy your stuff cause we know you come through when we need it.
 
Thanks.

 
Thing is that when you have a GPU you can't trust it pretty much ruins gaming, I went through 1 month of "very annoying troubleshooting" with a EVGA 1080 FTW because of the issues it had.
 
After this I'd much rather have bad customer support and a good product at this point so I never have to get in touch with customer support in the first place! Also I really want to know the return rates on say EVGA FTW cards compared to Asus STRIX or MSI Gaming ones but I haven't been able to find any publicly since the big retailer here which exposes them doesn't sell EVGA products.
 
EDIT: Changed a word for Sajin, been trying to avoid them here but they pop into contexts every now and then =P

Just a friendly reminder...
 
Please do not use inappropriate language on the evga forums. Thanks.
 
- http://forums.evga.com/EV...erms-of-Use-m4682.aspx

NetQvist

jarablue

NucleusX
I totally understand the OP's concerns. Its a bit hard not to be concerned after witnessing EVGA getting hammered
with endless forum posts of failures and RMA's. The failures themselves  arn't all that varied, and mostly the same
kind of failures are reported. Its at a point now where ppl are losing their consumer faith in EVGA over this new
Pascal series with all these similar reports. It has some thinking that there's something fundamentally wrong with
with EVGA's design, and even tho nothing has happened yet to their hardware, the paranoia is there because of
how the faults manifests themselves from ongoing use over time. Heat related problems can't be timed to an
exact science, but its common knowledge that heat will kill electronics given enough time and intensity. Yeh
EVGA might be great at having your back, but that does nothing to bolster my faith in their Pascal engineering.

Guess what? If the card dies for any reason, evga will replace it and more than likely cross ship it for no cost. No bull huh? The card is covered 100%. Are we that impatient in this day and age that we can't wait a three or four days for a brand new card to show up at our door?
 
I mean really?? EVGA, we will always buy your stuff cause we know you come through when we need it.
 
Thanks.

 
Thing is that when you have a GPU you can't trust it pretty much ruins gaming, I went through 1 month of hell with a EVGA 1080 FTW because of the issues it had.
 
After this I'd much rather have bad customer support and a good product at this point so I never have to get in touch with customer support in the first place! Also I really want to know the return rates on say EVGA FTW cards compared to Asus STRIX or MSI Gaming ones but I haven't been able to find any publicly since the big retailer here which exposes them doesn't sell EVGA products.

In this day in age, great customer service is in very short supply, so i can see why people dedicate themselves to a brand name for that reason.
I gotta agree with you on that. I'd much prefer a well engineered product i can trust that didn't require the use of customer service to begin with.

d.burnette
My 1080 FTW has been running flawless since I got it in July, I am not concerned about it at all. Temps very reasonable whilst gaming in the low 60's c.
 
I have been with EVGA for many years and I know they have my back should something happen - they always have.  I doubt anything will, imagine I will replace this card long before it gives up the ghost.

I'd like to make one thing clear here. Its one thing to compare "core" temps, but seen as tho the reported problems revolve mostly around
VRM's and Memory, you won' t even know what their temps are, as these components cannot be monitored without the appropriate sensors.
Your VRM's could be screaming for mercy, and you wouldn't know any better until its too late, regardless of how cool your core temp is.
The need to monitor these area's directly is increasing and should be made a standard. Monitoring core temps only tells part of the story.