Finally made an account with EVGA. I bought a gtx 1080 ftw thinking EVGA had improved since my last purchased of a gtx 670 ftw (terrible cooling), guess I was wrong again. Anyways I'm not familiar with EVGA's loyalty grab here having to register and what not but after spending $700+ I'm quiet pissed off right now. So how am I suppose to get the thermal pads?? I would prefer not having to open up my GTX 1080 but looks like I don't have a choice since shipping take forever plus you aren't going to install the thermal pads for me. I'm also quite happy with my silicon lottery here too. I know the the bios update is one fix but that's the most ridiculously, the most pathetic fix ever and wouldn't that increase if fan curve conflict with EVGA"S statement as being a quite card under full load? False Advertisement?? I don't know. Anyways I prefer quite noise over high temperature since i could tolerate heat but ofcourse not my card especially the vrm... Plus I already have my own custom fan curve with MSI Afterburner. If possible, can I just get a full REFUND for this card, because this really is my last time ever buying something from EVGA. So yeah, Thanks for your help. I'm just here to get my Thermal Pads and possible any other accommodation with regards towards the VRM issue and any other issue with EVGA's gtx 1080 ftw card.  

http://www.evga.com/thermalmod/
 
Pretty sure the increase will only be in the vicinity of 400rpm, certainly nothing you will notice. It will still be a quiet card under load.
 
What's it matter anyways, you said yourself that you're using a customer fan curve so the bios changes are irrelevant to you.
 
On one hand you're saying a fan speed increase is pathetic and ridiculous, yet on the other hand you're using a custom profile. Bit contradictive?

It's not contradicting though. I just stated that it's not the solid fix we expected and the card will not be advertise with it's fan curve when we first bought it. The bios update is irrelevant to me which is the whole point! If the changed the VRM usage or something to lower it's temperature that would be a good fix for me though I'm not sure if that is entirely possible. So I'm left with the Thermal Pads which is an annoying fix with having to register, request, wait, and then take apart my Card. Thanks for the site though and how are we suppose to registered the card?

BurningVRM1080
It's not contradicting though. I just stated that it's not the solid fix we expected and the card will not be advertise with it's fan curve when we first bought it. The bios update is irrelevant to me which is the whole point! If the changed the VRM usage or something to lower it's temperature that would be a good fix for me though I'm not sure if that is entirely possible. So I'm left with the Thermal Pads which is an annoying fix with having to register, request, wait, and then take apart my Card. Thanks for the site though and how are we suppose to registered the card?

http://www.evga.com/support/register.asp

The BIOS hack alone will increase fan noise by two fold.....its already been tested. :(

BurningVRM1080
It's not contradicting though. I just stated that it's not the solid fix we expected and the card will not be advertise with it's fan curve when we first bought it. The bios update is irrelevant to me which is the whole point! If the changed the VRM usage or something to lower it's temperature that would be a good fix for me though I'm not sure if that is entirely possible. So I'm left with the Thermal Pads which is an annoying fix with having to register, request, wait, and then take apart my Card. Thanks for the site though and how are we suppose to registered the card?

 
Member >MY  EVGA > Product Registration 
 
You need to do this to get your warranty too, there is no reason not to do this.

Thanks for the help guys. Will continue to check the forum till EVGA has a better solution beside the thermal pads but I'm not in any hopes for anything. This just sucks and a waste of everyone's time and money. 

Are you going to be gaming, benching or both?

dyceskynes
Are you going to be gaming, benching or both?

I will be doing both gaming, bench marking, and also creating contents such as mods, etc. 

I have had my card since August and pushing around 4k, never had an issue since.  I'm sure you will be fine for gaming and mods.  Hardcore benching is where I think you would see some of those heat issues.