After buying and registering this card, it came up as one of the qualifying cards to receive the thermal pads. So i clicked
on submit, and it had been sitting on the famous "Awaiting Shipment" status for at-least a week. I log in today to check
the status, and the 1060 FTW was removed from the list, as i already had one submitted for another 1070 FTW. What the
hell is going on here ? Either the 1060 qualifies or it doesn't ? Which is it ! I can't wait for this garbage to be over with. 

Been wondering the same myself for if it qualifies or not. The 1060 FTW was recently pulled from sale at NCIX, so I guess they've stopped manufacturing them.
 
I'm on the step up, the 1060 FTW+ DT, and I did my own thermal pad upgrade, but the promised VBIOS upgrade never came so you're SOL if you want to keep your temperatures safe in BIOS or Linux.

I got the 1060 FTW+. Yeh i created a thread to ask about the missing 1060's from the list, but was advised to wait, as they may add it soon.
Nothing yet. Only the SC and SSC bios updates exist so far. They also clearly show the qualifying cards on this list as-well, mine is in it.
 
 

 
 
 

I've been bugging support and their response is quite simply that we're SOL. We will not and will never be getting the VBIOS upgrade even though our card is listed on the affected cards.
 
Their excuse is "This card runs cool enough to use the stock fan profile."
 
Really? The fans don't spin at all in BIOS/Linux. How is that justified? My VRMs get uncomfortably warm in this mode so basically you're risking your card each time you boot into Linux.

Hey guys, sorry noob here and new to the forum so I don't know if this has been addressed but I have 1060 SSC which qualifies for the mod and bios update. I had a closer look at the card and noticed the VRAM doesn't touch the heatsink or has thermal pads..is that normal? I thought they also need to be cooled.
 
Thanks for the help.

No, its not normal. They are mandatory. And I'm quite sick of the EVGA defenders on here spouting their
consumer loyalist dribble claiming these are just a few isolated incidents. I've seen so many reports on
inadequacies here i refuse to pay the loyalists any mind. This has gotten way outta hand, and its bigger
than they are letting on with their carefully crafted damage control responses. This is just pathetic.
 
Their worst overlooked fail ? They couldn't even get the colors of the RGB LEDs calibrated right. LOL !

This email will be going out to 1060 FTW+ owners shortly, basically after more testing and investigation, a BIOS update and thermal pad change are not required.
 

Thank you for your recent request for an EVGA Thermal Mod kit and for being an EVGA customer.  We send you this email with good news about your EVGA product with model number: ____:  After further investigation and testing, we can confirm that all components on your product are well-within specification, and the optional Thermal Mod and VBIOS update is not recommended for your product.

Well a Rep I spoke to said they would send a basplate which was needed. I was literally shocked to see the Vram just in the open and I checked the FTW edition had a baseplate atleast so I don't know what to think lol.

EVGA_JacobF
This email will be going out to 1060 FTW+ owners shortly, basically after more testing and investigation, a BIOS update and thermal pad change are not required.
 

Thank you for your recent request for an EVGA Thermal Mod kit and for being an EVGA customer.  We send you this email with good news about your EVGA product with model number: ____:  After further investigation and testing, we can confirm that all components on your product are well-within specification, and the optional Thermal Mod and VBIOS update is not recommended for your product.

 
Heh, I think I'm gonna do it anyways just to be safe. Apparently the thermal pads are "optional" but we all know they are "required" lol. No offense.

None taken. I mean we all bought the thing to use it and now everyone is stuck waiting for thermal pads...I highly doubt increasing the fan speed with justify anyone to not be cautious.