HungryHamster
I think it's a band-aid, not a fix.
 
There's still real concern that heat related issues will emerge when not running in ideal settings (which all the tests have been conducted in). If your room has a little bit higher ambient temp than they did in the tests, your card might run out of spec. If you run an SLI setup, your cards might run out of spec. If you have a front radiator or less than optimal case airflow, your cards might run out of spec. These are all situations that will likely cause these cards to fail sooner rather than later regardless of this "fix" that EVGA is offering. The underlying fact is that EVGA 10 series cards are extremely poorly designed. Consumers now recognize EVGA is not what they used to be and will plan their future purchases accordingly.

Your opinion is based on speculation and I don't agree. If you objectively look at what you said, all video cards are subject to that. The end user is still responsible for the conditions of it's use. IMO I think EVGA is making good on the pad recall. Calling out EVGA on issues that are not subject to only EVGA products is uncalled for IMO, if that is what's being implied. Your underlying fact has no conclusive evidence for me to form my own opinion here, it's just a trolls comment.

Scarlet-Tech
I have provided in many threads that if you google GPU caught fire, you can see the resistors fail on many brands and fail in spectacular form. It seems that some people dont want to hear that though, no matter what position a user holds on a user based forum. All of the information I have been providing comes from simple google searches.

The only EVGA representatives have the title EVGATech_name*, anyone else is a user that volunteers their time to help out. No user has to look past the user name itself. After a certain amount of posts, users are allowed to have whatever title they want under their name, as long as EVGA approves their requested title. If the user name doesnt say EVGATech, and then their first name, then it isnt an evga employee.

When some people see Moderator or EGC Admin title, they think it's coming from EVGA corporation. EVGA warns moderators and EGC Admins about that in the Code of Conduct, they require volunteers to sign and agree to follow.
 
 
 

First of all i dont hang around these forums and know peoples names etc. Your forum title says EVGA Forum Mod, Moderator. Am I somehow supposed to know that you don't work for EVGA?  In fact it seems to be very likely that someone with a title of "EVGA Forum Moderator/ Moderator in EVGA's official community forums, would indeed work for EVGA. Also, your name is Scarlet-Tech which also led me to believe believe that you were type of EVGA Tech support person as well.

https://www.bing.com/vide...BBA023&FORM=VRDGAR

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Scarlet-Tech
I have provided in many threads that if you google GPU caught fire, you can see the resistors fail on many brands and fail in spectacular form. It seems that some people don't want to hear that though, no matter what position a user holds on a user based forum. All of the information I have been providing comes from simple google searches.

The only EVGA representatives have the title EVGATech_name*, anyone else is a user that volunteers their time to help out. No user has to look past the user name itself. After a certain amount of posts, users are allowed to have whatever title they want under their name, as long as EVGA approves their requested title. If the user name doesnt say EVGATech, and then their first name, then it isnt an evga employee.

When some people see Moderator or EGC Admin title, they think it's coming from EVGA corporation. EVGA warns moderators and EGC Admins about that in the Code of Conduct, they require volunteers to sign and agree to follow.

 
And the code of conduct has been followed. 

mmarafioti
First of all i dont hang around these forums and know peoples names etc. Your forum title says EVGA Forum Mod, Moderator. Am I somehow supposed to know that you don't work for EVGA?  In fact it seems to be very likely that someone with a title of "EVGA Forum Moderator/ Moderator in EVGA's official community forums, would indeed work for EVGA. Also, your name is Scarlet-Tech which also led me to believe believe that you were type of EVGA Tech support person as well.

 
That was in my name years before I joined the EVGA forums, and was carried over.  You could simply ask, it gets things answered very easily. 

1. You could stop being so snippy and rude to me and  everyone else in this thread. Quite frankly, I dont need your attitude after the nonsense ive been going through with this company already.

2. Why would I ask, If your name and status imply you work for EVGA to the common person?

I dont mean to come off as snippy. I just dont see the point of applying fluff to a direct answer.

It really feels more like a Band-Aid than a real "fix" to me. I'm still worried that my card is just going to explode one day and take the rest of my PC with it, like what's happened to a couple people already.

dustyjo
It really feels more like a Band-Aid than a real "fix" to me. I'm still worried that my card is just going to explode one day and take the rest of my PC with it, like what's happened to a couple people already.

That is why you have a warranty, to cover you if something goes wrong.

If you search google images for "gpu caught fire" you will see that the resistors are a common component that erupts and catches fire. This isnt specific to one brand as you can see from the pictures that come up. Trust your warranty.