Let's go through parts.
khos2325
You realize you're contradicting yourself, right ?
You yourself say fans are a big deal to the life span of a GPU, so you are more than admitting that fans play a big role in the life of a GPU. So if your fans have 400% longer life span, then as a result the longevity of your card increases cause the fans last longer. So Evga is literally telling you the cards last longer, because they have better fans that last longer. How can you fail to make that connection ?
Never made the connection you're making. You'd have to be really naive to take everything a brand says literally. Yes, the fans do have a longer life span. Does it mean your card will last forever? Or even the duration of the fans themselves? No.
EVGA is only telling you the fans are heavy duty, which means they can last a lot more than "normal" fans. Which also means they can be pushed harder for longer periods of time.
khos2325
But at the same time you seem to miss the connection that I'm making by saying BIG DEAL in my post, which is referring to the fact that with a dead vRam that 400% increased life span of the fan is not a big deal. Why? Because your card is dead anyways !
On the other hand you ignore every other incorrect fact that Evga's put on that page, and you're held up over this ?!
I'm not held up by anything at all. You seem to be the one who's held up with a simple statement regarding the fans alone and trying to connect one thing to another.
Gee, next thing you're gonna complain to Intel because their coolers last longer than a cpu?
khos2325
Backplate that helps reduce the temp, while in reality according to Evga themselves it increases the temps. The cards having low noise levels, which will be a thing of the past with the BIOS update. All of this could've been avoided if Evga thoroughly tested their cards, and addressed these issue before releasing their cards.
The point of a backplate is rigidity. Cooling is just a byproduct.
They did test their cards. The fact the majority of the cards is running fine is enough of a proof.
khos2325
You bunch make excuses that Furmark is this and that, while other brands of the same card are running it just fine.
Really? Don't they heat as well? I thought so.
It just happens EVGA ones get hotter. Zotacs get even hotter than EVGAs, actually.
Interesting that nobody is reporting Zotacs are blowing up.
Not even mentioning temperature hasn't been proven to be the cause of failure.
khos2325
You bunch ignore that article with an owner taking off the backplate and showing the unusual signs of wear and damage with pictures that indicate the problem with these cards go beyond a simple fix. Our cards are damaged as a result of running hot, but it takes time for the damage to manifest itself as the cards completely dying.
You might even be right but as of now this is pure speculation.
When a transistor, capacitor, or whatever gets damaged the cards simply die. It's not a matter of "developing issues."
Yes, heat may cause conductor degradation, but we're yet to see if those temps that never were beyond the threshold (on functioning cards) will have any impact on component life.
khos2325
Evga does not offer refunds, they do not offer an extension of their warranty, they charge you for shipping of the card while the whole situation is 100% their fault, they don't promise you a new card if you RMA, and they act like they're doing us a favor after we paid over 400$.
You basically described every other company in the industry. Except EVGA actually recognises their shortcomings and tries to help their customers.
You probably never had an issue with another vendor, if you had you wouldn't be so smug about this.
And as a matter of fact, I paid €570 (this is more than $600 for you americans) for mine and yet I'm not making a fuss like a baby who got his lollipop taken from him.
khos2325
Stop fooling yourself.
You guys are beyond help and you deserve what you are getting. I really am shocked that you want to be pissed on and cheated like this.
I'm out. No more replies from me. If you ignore solid evidence, then there's no point.
Not fooling myself. I just got to that point of life where you understand that making fusses and speculating doesn't help your case.
Plus, as I've said before, your whole "solid evidence" is based on speculation.