Sorry to sound like a broken record but could someone please address this? Every other cooler type seems to have been specifically, officially ruled in or ruled out with the exception of the ACX 2.0. If there is something I could be or should be doing to reduce the risk of issues with heat or reduce the wear and tear on my card, I would really like to be able to do it. I realize reporting on this has likely been out of proportion but given how infrequently I'm in the position to replace my graphics card and the joys of the replacement processes from Australia, am still a little concerned. 
 
From page 4:
 

EVGA_JacobF
Q. If my Graphics Card is not an ACX 3.0 design is it affected?
A. No, all other GPUs sold by EVGA including Founders Edition, Blower type, HYBRID, and HYDRO COPPER editions are unaffected.

 
I know it says all other GPUs, but any reason why seemingly all the other cooler types where mentioned and not the ACX 2.0 single fan cooler used by some 1060's?

 

ilyama

Xavi91
Can you guys share the new curve please?

I'm asking to everyone with the new bios and some evga guys, no answer at all, I begin to think it's a legend 

How would one provide the new curve? I don't usually run the Precision software - I think it's bloated and not intuitive. I just want a videocard that works and don't care about overclocking, so I just install regular drivers and that's about it.
 
On my 08G-P4-6276-KR with Bios 86.04.50.00.72, these are the curves being shown on precision:
 
Quiet:
 
 
Aggressive:

 
 
 
Is what what you guys want?

That was scary!  Just ran the updated BIOS on my GTX 1070 card.  I have an ASUS 4K monitor running at a native 3040 X 2160 resolution.  When the update started it changed the resolution to 1024X768 and the update window disappeared.  I checked display properties and there was no way to change the resolution.  The NVIDIA app was gone so I couldn't change anything.  I noticed in the lower right hand corner of the screen there was some text of some kind but about 99% of it was off screen and nothing seemed to be happening as far as the update process.  I was almost ready to chance a reboot but decided to try grabbing the text and dragging it back onto the visible screen.  Fortunately that worked and the update process was waiting for me to enter a Y to continue.  Entered a Y and the  update process completed.  A reboot put everything back to normal. 

fotingo
Please excuse my insistence. I'm trying to ascertain if 1.5 mm thick pads are thick enough for the application. Anyone who has applied thermal pads already that could provide some feedback. The information so far is that the pads EVGA will provide are ~1.8-2 mm thick. I'm trying to source the materials myself and finding pads thicker that 1.5 mm is proving to be troublesome. 

It depends on the card.
 
For FTW:
Backplate Thermal Pad = 2mm
Baseplate Thermal Pad = 1mm
 
Other cards:
Backplate Thermal Pad = 2mm
Baseplate Thermal Pad = 1.5mm

The new fan curve will vary depending on card, but in general it is about 200-500RPM higher at higher temperatures. There is still a 0dB fan operation at idle.

I am running an Intel platform still no luck on flashing the bios. cmd prompt closes in a split of a second without any input needed. doubled checked the switch on the card its on master and the update is launched with admin rights.

Redwing
That was scary!  Just ran the updated BIOS on my GTX 1070 card.  I have an ASUS 4K monitor running at a native 3040 X 2160 resolution.  When the update started it changed the resolution to 1024X768 and the update window disappeared.  I checked display properties and there was no way to change the resolution.  The NVIDIA app was gone so I couldn't change anything.  I noticed in the lower right hand corner of the screen there was some text of some kind but about 99% of it was off screen and nothing seemed to be happening as far as the update process.  I was almost ready to chance a reboot but decided to try grabbing the text and dragging it back onto the visible screen.  Fortunately that worked and the update process was waiting for me to enter a Y to continue.  Entered a Y and the  update process completed.  A reboot put everything back to normal. 

Every bios update requires the driver to be shut off for the update, so that was why everything went all crazy scaling on you. That is normal, and when you are doing your own flash, you have to disable the driver in the device manager window yourself. This just does all the work, minus a press of the Y button.

EVGA_JacobF
The new fan curve will vary depending on card, but in general it is about 200-500RPM higher at higher temperatures. There is still a 0dB fan operation at idle.

Is it possible to simply show me the 08G-P4-6173-KR  1070 SC fan curve, please ?
It's nothing crazy to ask I think and I have 3 friends who have the same request... 
 
Thanks

StS_spencer
I am running an Intel platform still no luck on flashing the bios. cmd prompt closes in a split of a second without any input needed. doubled checked the switch on the card its on master and the update is launched with admin rights.

Could you try running as administrator?

well i already told, i launched with admin rights, still no luck