darkheran
You sure seem to be doing alot of fearmongering along the course of this thread. I mean I understand your frustration but RMA'ing your card is not going to get you a magical fix that noone else is getting who chooses to flash the BIOS and install the thermal pads. You will get the same thing they have, just likely done for you. And thats ok too, nothing wrong with that. But bashing the company for their approach to the situation while they are just going to give you the same approach in the RMA process is ludicrous and irrational. The outcome is the same either way, except you don't have to do the work.
I'm not fear-mongering at all, but i understand you can get it that way. I'm just stating facts, when i deal with an entity or a company i put my emotions out of the way. I paid for something, that must be delivered as is, square and simple.
If EVGA can't deliver a FIXED card (which i know they can't now, factories process have to be updated etc, i got that, but i as i said, i have no empathy For Entity or Companies), they can simply take the exact same card with a different cooling or not touched one by the issue and cross ship it to me, which is the right and only move right now.
Otherwise a Refund is the only solution. It could be simpler for me to just ask that, without wasting my time in the Forum, but as you can see i still give them Options to set things right.