mikenogo
Lies. Seriously if you think this is a proper answer to your question then by all means risk yourself to burning the rest of your pc and probably your house as well.

My 1070 ftw has been running nonstop, even while I am out of town, for 3 full months now. Purchase date 27 July 2016.

I only check it twice a week to make sure it is still working at full load nonstop.

After a few hours of reading all of this. It seems like a few "rare" circumstances are causing every EVGA owner to flood to the forums and want a thermal mod or new card.
 
I requested my thermal mod and have not had the card long enough to have known of issues. As of like a week ago, all i read was amazing reviews on the 1080 GTX FTW edition so i bought it.
 
Now that there is this problem with VRM after running an insane program for hours - here we are.
 
I gave it thought - submitted a ticket to see if EVGA will do me a favor and ship me a new card and I return my old. We will see what happens.
 

Akwrath
After a few hours of reading all of this. It seems like a few "rare" circumstances are causing every EVGA owner to flood to the forums and want a thermal mod or new card.
 
I requested my thermal mod and have not had the card long enough to have known of issues. As of like a week ago, all i read was amazing reviews on the 1080 GTX FTW edition so i bought it.
 
Now that there is this problem with VRM after running an insane program for hours - here we are.
 
I gave it thought - submitted a ticket to see if EVGA will do me a favor and ship me a new card and I return my old. We will see what happens.
 

If your card was sent out from EVGA prior to Sept. 1st (I forget the exact date, somewhere around 31 Aug) then it can be RMAd for one that has the thermal pads already applied - or you can request the thermal pads from EVGA and add them yourself if you want to save time.
 
http://www.evga.com/thermalmod/
 
Edit: And yes, there is a reason why Furmark is blacklisted within Nvidia drivers - it's an unrealistic load, and running it for extended periods really is stupid.

arestavo
 
 
If your card was sent out from EVGA prior to Sept. 1st (I forget the exact date, somewhere around 31 Aug) then it can be RMAd for one that has the thermal pads already applied - or you can request the thermal pads from EVGA and add them yourself if you want to save time.
 
http://www.evga.com/thermalmod/
 
Edit: And yes, there is a reason why Furmark is blacklisted within Nvidia drivers - it's an unrealistic load, and running it for extended periods really is stupid.

My card was shipped out 9/21/16. Does that mean the thermal pad has been applied? I would love to see what it looks like so i can check my GPU after work.

Akwrath

arestavo
 
 
If your card was sent out from EVGA prior to Sept. 1st (I forget the exact date, somewhere around 31 Aug) then it can be RMAd for one that has the thermal pads already applied - or you can request the thermal pads from EVGA and add them yourself if you want to save time.
 
http://www.evga.com/thermalmod/
 
Edit: And yes, there is a reason why Furmark is blacklisted within Nvidia drivers - it's an unrealistic load, and running it for extended periods really is stupid.

My card was shipped out 9/21/16. Does that mean the thermal pad has been applied? I would love to see what it looks like so i can check my GPU after work.

It won't have the pads. http://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2573253

Oh whoops - mixed up the issues. So the 31 Aug date is for the FTW issue that was resolved and reportedly only affected 4% of the cards.
 
The thermal pads are for those who would like to see reduced temperatures on the backside of the cards as they run hotter than the competition.

I've been with EVGA for a very long time and no other company helps its customers above and beyond what EVGA does. EVGA is very quick about solving issues in the best, safest, and most expedient method.

HeavyHemi

mikenogo

Sajin
The thermal pads aren't required. Yes, it's safe to buy.

Lies. Seriously if you think this is a proper answer to your question then by all means risk yourself to burning the rest of your pc and probably your house as well.

That a few instances of SMD components failing is not going to burn down your house. You can't find a single example of damage to a PC other than the GPU failing. As far as we know, the issue of the VRM/Memory area running a bit warmer than other models is not even related to the issue of a couple failing components on the back of the GPU.

Doesn't matter, the fact is that there is fire and smoke coming out of these gpus. Don't downplay as if this is normal, a FEW is way too many, it shouldn't even be happening AT ALL. ONLY EVGA products are affected. By the looks of it, this is happening ENOUGH to warrant a safety hazard of this product and it's laughable how EVGA is handling this by denying the problem.
 
I have purchased many EVGA products, service is unquestionable, but you know what they say it only takes one major screw up to ruin everything. 

Please see the update here http://forums.evga.com/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-10801070-PWM-Operating-Temperature-Update-m2573491.aspx