NucleusX
Its concerning that even the administrators are either in denial or playing it down (maybe by request to counter bad publicity).
I don't see the pads being optional. If cards are failing at a disturbing rate due to heat, then the pads start to seem mandatory. 

Agreed.  I feel like I am stuck in some kind of Twilight zone here.  Maybe all these people that are covering up this issue will pay for everyone to get a new card when they burn out?  Nope probably not, bunch of punk keyboard warriors covering up something they have no business butting into.

ZCTxCHAOSx

NucleusX
Its concerning that even the administrators are either in denial or playing it down (maybe by request to counter bad publicity).
I don't see the pads being optional. If cards are failing at a disturbing rate due to heat, then the pads start to seem mandatory. 

Agreed.  I feel like I am stuck in some kind of Twilight zone here.  Maybe all these people that are covering up this issue will pay for everyone to get a new card when they burn out?  Nope probably not, bunch of punk keyboard warriors covering up something they have no business butting into.

Can't wait till all this is over with. I can't see clearly defined criteria's and options for RMA's let alone game with it as is.
The little they have said is "Its totally fine to risk your card in your machine, we'll replace it anyways." lol no thanks.
Your twilight zone analogy is fitting being stuck in this in-between state. I just wanna get on with it and play games.

ZCTxCHAOSx

NucleusX
Its concerning that even the administrators are either in denial or playing it down (maybe by request to counter bad publicity).
I don't see the pads being optional. If cards are failing at a disturbing rate due to heat, then the pads start to seem mandatory. 

Agreed.  I feel like I am stuck in some kind of Twilight zone here.  Maybe all these people that are covering up this issue will pay for everyone to get a new card when they burn out?  Nope probably not, bunch of punk keyboard warriors covering up something they have no business butting into.

I never knew EVGA reps were 'keyboard warriors'. And seems to me they have just as much right to comment as you or anyone else. If I may, folks seem to be conflating two issues, the VRM and memory area which runs hotter than other models under extreme stress conditions and the few scattered failures of SMD components on the back of the GPU. One is not likely related to the other. I looked on quite a few sites on the net and all I'm seeing are very few actual failures. I'm sure somebody will correct me if I'm wrong on noting there are only a couple actual hardware failures.

HeavyHemi
 
I never knew EVGA reps were 'keyboard warriors'.

+1

SaJin you are a helpful member to me before but you can't say Toms methods are flawed without backing it up. 
 
Us owners of 1060 SC have a legit reason to be afraid. 
 
All i I can say is that if EVGA is found out to be downplaying and suppressing this issue, it could end very badly for them. I still need EVGA around in case I have a warranty that needs exercising.

himmatsj
SaJin you are a helpful member to me before but you can't say Toms methods are flawed without backing it up. 
 
Us owners of 1060 SC have a legit reason to be afraid. 
 
All i I can say is that if EVGA is found out to be downplaying and suppressing this issue, it could end very badly for them. I still need EVGA around in case I have a warranty that needs exercising.

Here is my backup... http://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2571438

Would like a firm answer/verification on this as I'll be installing one of these in my HTPC soon.

Sajin

himmatsj
SaJin you are a helpful member to me before but you can't say Toms methods are flawed without backing it up. 
 
Us owners of 1060 SC have a legit reason to be afraid. 
 
All i I can say is that if EVGA is found out to be downplaying and suppressing this issue, it could end very badly for them. I still need EVGA around in case I have a warranty that needs exercising.

Here is my backup... http://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2571438

Doesn't really matter if they are "flawed." What matters is that the VRMs on EVGA cards do run quite a lot hotter than the ones on other vendor cards, using the same testing method.
 
And the 1060s run even hotter than the 1070/1080s.

 
http://www.tomshardware.de/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-pascal-gp106-grafikkarten-roundup,testberichte-242152-2.html#3
 
We'll just have to wait and see what these higher temps will mean in the future.

brokencross
 
http://www.tomshardware.de/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-pascal-gp106-grafikkarten-roundup,testberichte-242152-2.html#3
 
We'll just have to wait and see what these higher temps will mean in the future.

Why can I not find this page here http://www.tomshardware.com ?

bcavnaugh

brokencross
 
http://www.tomshardware.de/nvidia-geforce-gtx-1060-pascal-gp106-grafikkarten-roundup,testberichte-242152-2.html#3
 
We'll just have to wait and see what these higher temps will mean in the future.

Why can I not find this page here http://www.tomshardware.com ?

No idea. Maybe the team at the .com site hasn't reviewed it yet. 
Either way, you can always google translate it, I guess.