Like the title says, I'm interested in peoples real world experiences with the GTX 1060 FTW, or variant. I'm also
interested in peoples thoughts on temperature performance in all areas of the card. GPU, VRAM, and VRMs.

Come on guys, where are ya's !

I'm a 1060 FTW+ owner and after doing my own thermal pad upgrade my temps dropped 10C.
 
But what's unsettling is (as I've explained many times) the 0db fan mode when Precision X OC is not loaded. The fans don't spin at all, and if the card is locked in K-boost mode, the extra heat that mode generates has nowhere to go, not unless you have a high-airflow case. There is no Precision X OC for Linux so you're SOL there unless you modify the VBIOS. (Which we're waiting on someone to make something similar to the Maxwell BIOS Tweaker, except for Pascal)
 
FinFET chips are designed to downclock at 50C. EVGA set the fans to ramp up from 0% to 30% at 65C... See the problem here?
 
Thinking of building a shroud for my Air 540 to channel air from the intake fans directly to the GPU if EVGA is not going to address the direct issue of the 0db mode allowing for dangerous temperatures.
 
Edit: Friend just suggested I wire the ACX fans directly to the PSU 12V power to run it at 100% consistently. My Air 540 is noisy enough, I guess leaving it at 100% is the easiest solution.

jackvancouver
I'm a 1060 FTW+ owner and after doing my own thermal pad upgrade my temps dropped 10C.
 
But what's unsettling is (as I've explained many times) the 0db fan mode when Precision X OC is not loaded. The fans don't spin at all, and if the card is locked in K-boost mode, the extra heat that mode generates has nowhere to go, not unless you have a high-airflow case. There is no Precision X OC for Linux so you're SOL there unless you modify the VBIOS. (Which we're waiting on someone to make something similar to the Maxwell BIOS Tweaker, except for Pascal)
 
FinFET chips are designed to downclock at 50C. EVGA set the fans to ramp up from 0% to 30% at 65C... See the problem here?
 
Thinking of building a shroud for my Air 540 to channel air from the intake fans directly to the GPU if EVGA is not going to address the direct issue of the 0db mode allowing for dangerous temperatures.
 
Edit: Friend just suggested I wire the ACX fans directly to the PSU 12V power to run it at 100% consistently. My Air 540 is noisy enough, I guess leaving it at 100% is the easiest solution.

Would there be a 3rd party alternative for Linux ? or registry hacks ? For some time, i kept using nVidia's System Tools even beyond the supported cards as its legacy software now. The
great part was the more essential functions from programs like PX-OC, or Afterburner, was built native right into nVidia's Control Panel. I never OC'd with it, i only wanted fan control from
it to avoid 3rd party software. Unfortunately, I don't think nVidia ever made a System Tools version for Linux. With no way to govern your 1060 I can see why now you chose to install thermal
pads. Seems you don't have much choice but to look at improving case ventilation. I don't know if it would help you, but you think of installing into a windows based machine temporarily and
using PX-OC to possibly reduce your clocks, power limit or temp limit ? I'm pretty sure the BIOS will maintain those settings when you move it back to the Linux machine, i could be wrong.

NucleusXWould there be a 3rd party alternative for Linux ? or registry hacks ? For some time, i kept using nVidia's System Tools even beyond the supported cards as its legacy software now. The great part was the more essential functions from programs like PX-OC, or Afterburner, was built native right into nVidia's Control Panel. I never OC'd with it, i only wanted fan control from
it to avoid 3rd party software. Unfortunately, I don't think nVidia ever made a System Tools version for Linux. With no way to govern your 1060 I can see why now you chose to install thermal
pads. Seems you don't have much choice but to look at improving case ventilation. I don't know if it would help you, but you think of installing into a windows based machine temporarily and
using PX-OC to possibly reduce your clocks, power limit or temp limit ? I'm pretty sure the BIOS will maintain those settings when you move it back to the Linux machine, i could be wrong.

I'm about to connect the fans directly to the PSU by feeding it's 12V direct from Molex to fan header adapters. (with some modifications to adapt the pin sizes of course) I'll have to leave the fans at 100%. They've left me no choice but to do this.
 
I run Windows 7 but I often use a Linux Live CD to do stuff, and when the fans simply refused to spin in Linux, my personal alarm bells (metaphorically) were going off like crazy.

Fair warning, If you manage to get the positive and negative pins directly connected/adapted to fan type 3pin connectors directly to the 12V supply on your PSU, unless you tolerate the sound of a jet engine, you may want a separate hardware fan controller for your GPU that is independent of Precision X OC (and this way, you can apply custom fan curves in BIOS and Linux too)
 
The fan is most definitely spinning faster than the 100% setting in BIOS with this configuration.

I suggest you post a new thread for your specific problem, as its only limited to Linux users. Just get one those 7v fan extension cables that have a resistor in them, should slow them down.

NucleusX
I suggest you post a new thread for your specific problem, as its only limited to Linux users. Just get one those 7v fan extension cables that have a resistor in them, should slow them down.

Tried a resistor I had handy. (from the low noise adapter in a Noctua fan) It was too high resistance so the fans didn't spin. Will have to find a different resistor.
 
FYI: The fans are 4500RPM 12V 0.5A fans x2. So a total of about 12V 1A.