Hi EVGA support
 
It's being almost two weeks since I have ordered the thermal pad mod for my EVGA GTX 1080 FTW ACX3.0.
 
Why does it take so long for the pads to ship?
When can I be expecting to receive them?
 
Thanks in advance
 
 

Just got my pads on Saturday. Was waiting 2 weeks like you. Hang in there should be any day.

Mine just shipped, after two week wait.  Things will probably speed up from here on out, as when I ordered supplies hadn't been fully secured and changes due to the VRAM addition were finalized.  It's go time!
 
Hang tough!  Things are on the move!

i have 8G-P4-6181-KR and i did firmware update any else need to do????

i think won't install  thermal pad i willing take risk here or send it back evga do it them self.
 

I just received the thermal pads today and wanted to say instructions were great and install was quite easy.  

My pads came in a little under a week going from California to Massachusetts:

 
UPDATE:
Installed all the pads, there is great contact across all surfaces, and the VRAM pads are more than thick enough. No picture since I don't have a camera that can properly capture the image with the card assembled.

My 1080 FTW ACX is sort-of cool. Then again, that's because it's uninstalled, and in a box, waiting to be returned under warranty, as it decided to sacrifice itself to the Lord of Light.. I hate being part of the group that had issues. Running 1400p144 on a 780 is just not feasible. 
 
My room stinks and the smell has made me sick.. Coupled with that collateral price to get a replacement within a business week, this all makes me a sad panda. 

etienne0601
After updating the BIOS from the default my card shipped with, to the latest version, my idle temps have jumped by about 5 degrees.
I have a 1070 FWT DT.
Unfortunately I did not backup the previous version.
My idle temps went up from 47 to 52 degrees.
 
Anyone else notice something similar ?

 
Same happened to me. Mine used to idle at 36-39c, and now they sit idle at 45-50c+ after updating. I also did a clean install of drivers just in case, but no change. Currently back and forth with tech support. 
 

In this thread's OP, it is said by Jacob: "All graphics cards shipped from EVGA after 11/1/2016 will have the VBIOS update applied."
 
And in this post, Jacob says that cards shipped after 11/1/2016 also have fixed VRAM thermal pads.
 
But, do all graphics cards shipped after November 1st also have backplate, VRM thermal pads installed? I'm asking because calling the mod "optional" makes that part a bit unclear.