And remember people even when they eventually ship these, you can wait up to 2-3 weeks until they arrive, making this fix a very slow process, and what’s worse the updated fan curve doesn't give you peace of mind as you know it's a simple band aid. The thermal pads are needed to future proof the reliability of our FTW cards which come with completely overkill TDP/power phase setup we now know makes zero difference and was shoehorned for the sake of being "unique" to the rest of the cards out there...