• EVGA GeForce 10 Series
  • first test of EVGA's 1070 1080 FTW Fix: Thermal Pads and MAKE THE CARD TWICE AS LOUD? (p.2)
2016/11/03 15:16:40
bcavnaugh
evgacustomer01
bcavnaugh
evgacustomer01 are you saying that the sound before was only 23.55dB?

No, it was ~38.6dB as stated by gamingnexus. dB is not a measurement of perceived volume, so you don't double the number of dB to get "twice as loud". Actually, an increase of about 10 dB is considered "twice as loud".
 

I see, thank you.
2016/11/05 10:21:03
Troyhe98
Agreed! I am running (2)EVGA GeForce GT 1080 FTW in SLI and they are much louder now. I didn't pay $1400 to have cards this loud. This is why I paid a premium for the FTW editions.
2016/11/05 10:37:39
Poliacido
Troyhe98
Agreed! I am running (2)EVGA GeForce GT 1080 FTW in SLI and they are much louder now. I didn't pay $1400 to have cards this loud. This is why I paid a premium for the FTW editions.



i think if you can afford 1400$ for 2 1080 then you can also build a custom waterloop with no problems if you have problems with a bit of noise
imho i prefer the fans running a bit louder than the risk to burn the card 
2016/11/05 11:26:51
Troyhe98
The point being...one of the deciding factors on purchasing these cards was because they were the quietest cards on the market (besides something on water block). The other issue I am concerned with is the potential decrease in resale value after this mess.
2016/11/05 11:30:12
pawelblyskal
People, the only real fix is thermal pads for BOTH the VRM and VRAM.
2016/11/05 12:13:09
somethingc00l
Stop "playing" FurMark, problem solved.
2016/11/05 12:17:48
bcavnaugh
somethingc00l
Stop "playing" FurMark, problem solved.


It is kind of like plugging in a 5 VDC Fan in a 12VDC Power Socket, it will run and get hot and then burn up.
We have been told not to run FurMark on our NVIDIA Graphics Cards, I remember this as far back as 2002 and by NVIDIA.
2016/11/05 12:26:54
aberdie
I noticed this also after installing my thermal pads, but no bios update or anything. I use my own fan curve.  Up to 80% fan speed was pretty quiet for me and now it's incredibly loud. . .
2016/11/05 12:33:03
Scarlet-Tech
pawelblyskal
People, the only real fix is thermal pads for BOTH the VRM and VRAM.


Evga has already stated they will be sending replacement pads for the vram and vrm. There are too many threads going for them to post in every one, but they have already acknowledged that they are sending replacement pads for both.

http://forums.evga.com/FindPost/2577330
2016/11/05 12:33:21
LittleGuy
That's why I keep my fans at 100%. My problem is solved.

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