I'll add the pads but I'm not going to update the BIOS since the temps should be fine with the pads. In the future EVGA should make VRM are to have direct contact with the cooler and also add pads between backplate and PCB. If I remember correctly VRM cooling was shoddy on their Maxwell cards too.

I bought the SC 1070 because it is (was?) very silent. My machine sits on my desktop therefore every component needs to be nearly dead silent. I already adjusted the default fan curve because I really don't need this 0dB-"feature". Until 40 degrees the fans will run with 10%. In games I never reach temperatures higher than 70 degrees with the fans spinning at 35-40%.
 
If the fans would hit more than 50% with the new BIOS it would annoy me even with headphones or speakers while gaming. And to me this is then a different product, it's not anymore the silent card it was reviewed around the globe.
 
Would it be still possible to adjust the fan curve with the new BIOS? (I had cards at home from different manufactures where you could not adjust the curve anymore.) But if I do so, will I damage my card and will EVGA still take care of that? I'm fine with installing the thermal pads but not setting the fans to a maximum.

Anarion
I'll add the pads but I'm not going to update the BIOS since the temps should be fine with the pads. In the future EVGA should make VRM are to have direct contact with the cooler and also add pads between backplate and PCB. If I remember correctly VRM cooling was shoddy on their Maxwell cards too.

The ACX cooler with this same type of heat spreader has been in every card I have purchased since Kepler. Kepler fans ran constant and moved a lot of air. Maxwell was the first generation with 0% fan speed up to 60c, and hest suddenly became an issue.. Then Pascal lowered the fan speeds more... So, constantly running was cool.. Occasionally running with good fan speeds was warm.. Barely running suddenly reveals hot components.

Watercooling provides silent cards with very low fan speeds on the cooler. Air cooling can not provide the same type of cooling, so higher fan speeds are going to be required to remove heat.

GFAFS

khos2325
This is absolutely unacceptable.
 
What were you doing instead of testing your cards before releasing them ? You just found out that your cards get so hot that they not only destroy themselves but can damage other components of people's PCs ? Oh wait, you didn't. Others did after you cards literally got cooked !
 
This situation is a joke especially after people pay over 400$ for your products. I shouldn't have to deal with applying thermal pads myself, when I have paid that much money for your GPU. I shouldn't have to RMA my card, because I shouldn't go through all the trouble after I've payed so much for a card. RMAing means I'm left with no card for days, which in my case hurts my work on top of me not being able to play games. I don't have the time to deal with your incompetency, and neither should anyone else after paying for a product that was guaranteed to be able to able to handle getting pushed even further.
 
Funny thing is you put it in a way that you are doing us a favor instead of apologizing for your incompetency. Thermal pads are not needed but we give it to you for free?! Even with the BIOS update the temperatures are not looking pretty, and it makes the card noisy for people who chose this brand for being silent.
 
I'm definitely not going with Evga next time I'm purchasing a GPU.

^This


Cutting corners will ends up costing them more money if a class action ensue (looking forward to this if they do not handle it the right way).

I could not agree more. Not replacing the cards with new ones, and offer
upgrade for ALL customers is nothing but discrimination. Just because I`m
in ASIA, I have to settle with refurbished cards on top of being without 
cards for a long time. I`m not accepting this!  

vAronized
I bought the SC 1070 because it is (was?) very silent. My machine sits on my desktop therefore every component needs to be nearly dead silent. I already adjusted the default fan curve because I really don't need this 0dB-"feature". Until 40 degrees the fans will run with 10%. In games I never reach temperatures higher than 70 degrees with the fans spinning at 35-40%.
 
If the fans would hit more than 50% with the new BIOS it would annoy me even with headphones or speakers while gaming. And to me this is then a different product, it's not anymore the silent card it was reviewed around the globe.
 
Would it be still possible to adjust the fan curve with the new BIOS? (I had cards at home from different manufactures where you could not adjust the curve anymore.) But if I do so, will I damage my card and will EVGA still take care of that? I'm fine with installing the thermal pads but not setting the fans to a maximum.

You can just continue to adjust the fan curve with Afterburner or precision.. You don't have to install the bios since it is only changing the fan speed.

Thanks for confirming, Scarlet-Tech!
 
Will do this and also install the thermal pads. Haven't had any issues regarding temps/blackscreens yet.

khos2325
This is absolutely unacceptable.
 
What were you doing instead of testing your cards before releasing them ? You just found out that your cards get so hot that they not only destroy themselves but can damage other components of people's PCs ? Oh wait, you didn't. Others did after you cards literally got cooked !
 
This situation is a joke especially after people pay over 400$ for your products. I shouldn't have to deal with applying thermal pads myself, when I have paid that much money for your GPU. I shouldn't have to RMA my card, because I shouldn't go through all the trouble after I've payed so much for a card. RMAing means I'm left with no card for days, which in my case hurts my work on top of me not being able to play games. I don't have the time to deal with your incompetency, and neither should anyone else after paying for a product that was guaranteed to be able to able to handle getting pushed even further.
 
Funny thing is you put it in a way that you are doing us a favor instead of apologizing for your incompetency. Thermal pads are not needed but we give it to you for free?! Even with the BIOS update the temperatures are not looking pretty, and it makes the card noisy for people who chose this brand for being silent.
 
I'm definitely not going with Evga next time I'm purchasing a GPU.

Yep. I'm sick of all the apologists on this forum and elsewhere saying, "oh it's ok, EVGA has excellent customer support, they'll take care of everything." Yeah, but this type of things shouldn't have happened in the first place let alone gotten to this point where it's a total side show. This is because the response has been pretty disjointed. They pushed out a quick test to say everything was "in-spec" and said thermal pads would fix it. Then after 'extensive testing' a week later it looks like the fans are under clocked. What's it going to be next week?

I guess some people enjoy having their leg pissed on and being told it's just raining. This is what I'm going to do: install the damn thermal pads, flash the vBIOS, keep my aggressive fan speed curve profile, and then forget about this whole fiasco until it's time to buy my next graphics card in a couple years which as sure as hell will not be EVGA.

Hello.
How I can get thermal pads in Russia?
Here  I see that You don't ship to my country.

Chloestick

I guess some people enjoy having their leg pissed on and being told it's just raining. This is what I'm going to do: install the damn thermal pads, flash the vBIOS, keep my aggressive fan speed curve profile, and then forget about this whole fiasco until it's time to buy my next graphics card in a couple years which as sure as hell will not be EVGA.

You're letting it go way to easily, for sure i will NOT. For now i have an EVGA "listed on the defect part", and they have to replace it (cross shipping for free) with a brand new one (refurbish is a no no), all FIXED of course.
 
Now for my future card, well, i'll think about it when the Future comes.
 
Be smart EVGA, don't cut the branch you're comfortably sitting on.

I think for EVGA this is gonna be a before and after "the 1000 series drama"
 
They are gonne lose a lot of customers... I have to say that the only reason now that will push me to buy another of their product, this is the warranty extension... because I had a very high "image" of this brand, this is not the case anymore...