HeavyHemi

CoriolisAffectment

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ilyama
For me the overheating issue wasnt so bad that we think and even without bios or pads, the temperatures were fine...
 
the slogan is the biggest mistake that evga made in all this story 

I actually do agree with that. It was inept. The other conspiracy theories just make me chuckle.

Hmm, inept?  Marketing is all about getting people to talk.  We're talking up a storm.  Looks brilliant from my seat.

Sure, but if they are talking about how you failed your latest health inspection...  In hindsight, it may have been better to not make it a part of your advertising campaign.

HeavyHemi
What? You just replied with a reprise of your opinions and conjecture on motivations. Basically your post is list of your IMPRESSIONS and EMOTIONAL reactions. That isn't a "novelty". You're trying to dismiss the entire point with that argument. I'm sorry, I'm not in the business of validating your conjecture nor arguing your opinions. You're certainly entitled to your opinions. You seem to be dangerously close to asserting you're in possession of facts and any contrary view is wrong. You're basically asking me to waste time speculating on why EVGA took this route. Meh...I just can't get that worked up. Some do.

HeavyHemi
That's the nice thing about electronic fires like those on a GPU. It's tiny and contained. A couple of sparks, a bit of smoke...acrid smell. You're more likely to hurt yourself striking a match. I've never ever heard of a house fire being caused by GPU. Have you? Even one? Here's another point, after the initial fountain of rage over all these supposed GPU failures and fires, what happened? None of those fears materialized. Why is that?

ty_ger07
We have all seen plenty of pictures of burnt cards. Doesn't really phase us any more. I have seen pictures of burnt videos cards for over a decade. What is your point? If your card is burned, you get it replaced under warranty. The system is already in place; and works.

ilyama

Salem13

ilyama
I'm not in the case but all people with SC/FTW who will not keep their GPU until it die are completly screwed even without icx new cards...

I m lucky... I always keep all my gpu until it dies :D

Going back to a PentiumII and a RageFury Pro in 1992 I have had ONE video card die on me.

The rest, save a Voodoo5500 I modded until I destroyed it, have gone to the bin in working order.

How much time do you keep a gpu ?

panzlock

HeavyHemi
What? You just replied with a reprise of your opinions and conjecture on motivations. Basically your post is list of your IMPRESSIONS and EMOTIONAL reactions. That isn't a "novelty". You're trying to dismiss the entire point with that argument. I'm sorry, I'm not in the business of validating your conjecture nor arguing your opinions. You're certainly entitled to your opinions. You seem to be dangerously close to asserting you're in possession of facts and any contrary view is wrong. You're basically asking me to waste time speculating on why EVGA took this route. Meh...I just can't get that worked up. Some do.

Opinions? Did you not read anything that was happening regarding the VRM/heating isues? Or are you suggesting that I'm making up what Guru3D, numerous consumers wrote, what numerous consumers experienced, etc... Did EVGA not react to these issues by actively providing remedies to 1070/1080 owners? Is this another one of my "opinions"??? Again, what purpose can the iCX slogan serve but to reinvigorate confidence in EVGA's existing and potential customers following ACX 3.0 analysis?
 
So far you have validated nothing. You refuse to validate what I'm saying, and can't validate what you're saying. You have literally provided nothing but conjecture yourself. Nothing of value except attempting to disprove someone else's points with suggestions that they are opinionated. This is your argument. FACT.
 
Just to reiterate, my position is based on Guru3D's testing of the merchandise under discussion, namely EVGA ACX 3.0 branded cards. This happened. Same brand card owners speaking of failures some labeled as catastrophic, others as inconvenient but related to the same issue. This happened. EVGA providing rudimentary slutions to these problems in the form of an aggressive fan curve BIOS update and thermal pads. This happened.  Do you need a link provided for every single article?
 
Now, this conversation has veered away from my point a bit, which was that EVGA's latest cooling evolution has put them in a quandary at the expense of the affixed slogan which makes them appear guilty, as it were. Nowhere did I insinuate that they are, but that this is the way it appears. If you can't agree with that it's because you are blatantly ignoring the connotation......with your opinion.

HeavyHemi

LFaWolf

HeavyHemi
That's the nice thing about electronic fires like those on a GPU. It's tiny and contained. A couple of sparks, a bit of smoke...acrid smell. You're more likely to hurt yourself striking a match. I've never ever heard of a house fire being caused by GPU. Have you? Even one? Here's another point, after the initial fountain of rage over all these supposed GPU failures and fires, what happened? None of those fears materialized. Why is that?

Actually, that is not quite true from my personal experience. I had a blower style MSI 6950 that blew the capacitors (near the crossfire area) and caused a small fire out in the exhaust, and since the computer was sitting next to the window, the curtains caught fire. Luckily I was in the room and put it out quickly with several taps of the fire. Just because you never heard of one does not mean it hasn't happened.

No kidding? You had curtains laying against the exhaust of your GPU? Well, I guess you hear of something novel every day.

Salem13

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LFaWolf

HeavyHemi
That's the nice thing about electronic fires like those on a GPU. It's tiny and contained. A couple of sparks, a bit of smoke...acrid smell. You're more likely to hurt yourself striking a match. I've never ever heard of a house fire being caused by GPU. Have you? Even one? Here's another point, after the initial fountain of rage over all these supposed GPU failures and fires, what happened? None of those fears materialized. Why is that?

Actually, that is not quite true from my personal experience. I had a blower style MSI 6950 that blew the capacitors (near the crossfire area) and caused a small fire out in the exhaust, and since the computer was sitting next to the window, the curtains caught fire. Luckily I was in the room and put it out quickly with several taps of the fire. Just because you never heard of one does not mean it hasn't happened.

No kidding? You had curtains laying against the exhaust of your GPU? Well, I guess you hear of something novel every day.

Actually, I have some of them fancy dan waffle blinds right behind my unit?

jeralddoerr
This 1080 FTW is a beast!! And I'm venting mine as well as I can... but honestly I could see it spitting out flames like a car with nitrous!!! x 2
 

jeralddoerr

chaython
Can i step my 1070 ftw to this?

  umm  I think bullet point 3 is the question...    So basicly I think it's up to them too decide..   Stepup is another reason I love evga..  never got to use it myself.
 
Graphics Cards

• EVGA will only release reference versions of its products, NVIDIA reference spec and clock, to the Step-Up program.
• Step-Up is limited to pre-approved graphics cards only and can only be used for exchange to a different and higher performing GPU.
• Products known to have a limited availability will not be made available to the Step-Up program. (Limited availability determined by EVGA.)
• Customers who received their EVGA graphics card as part of a complete computer system are not eligible - except for those listed on our approved system vendor list.

Graphics Cards Examples:

• GTX 780 Ti → GTX 980: YES (Upgraded GPU)
• GTX 960 2GB → GTX 960 4GB SuperSC ACX2.0+ 1GB: YES (Upgraded Memory)
• GTX 970 FTW → GTX 970 FTW+ : YES (Upgraded Model)

• EVGA will only release reference versions of its products, NVIDIA reference spec and clock, to the Step-Up program.
• Step-Up is limited to pre-approved graphics cards only and can only be used for exchange to a different and higher performing GPU.

• GTX 970 FTW → GTX 970 FTW+ : YES (Upgraded Model)

LFaWolf

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LFaWolf

HeavyHemi
That's the nice thing about electronic fires like those on a GPU. It's tiny and contained. A couple of sparks, a bit of smoke...acrid smell. You're more likely to hurt yourself striking a match. I've never ever heard of a house fire being caused by GPU. Have you? Even one? Here's another point, after the initial fountain of rage over all these supposed GPU failures and fires, what happened? None of those fears materialized. Why is that?

Actually, that is not quite true from my personal experience. I had a blower style MSI 6950 that blew the capacitors (near the crossfire area) and caused a small fire out in the exhaust, and since the computer was sitting next to the window, the curtains caught fire. Luckily I was in the room and put it out quickly with several taps of the fire. Just because you never heard of one does not mean it hasn't happened.

No kidding? You had curtains laying against the exhaust of your GPU? Well, I guess you hear of something novel every day.

It is not like they are right next to each other. Looking at it now the distance is at least 6 inches. It was a warm spring day so I opened the window and moved the computer to exhaust the heat out. Fire burns upward, you know? Simple physics for most people.

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jeralddoerr
This 1080 FTW is a beast!! And I'm venting mine as well as I can... but honestly I could see it spitting out flames like a car with nitrous!!! x 2
 

Well, except that the flammable material is quite limited on a GPU. Bits of metal and high temperature plastic. So no...but here's something as a 'blast' to the past...
 

HeavyHemi

Well, your problem is you have an angle. I don't have an angle. I'm just not buying your theories. I don't need to invent my own theory of their motives. We have you for that, right? The likely fact that this was in development for months (you know like prior to these issues), kinda puts a kibosh on it. Your opinion is correct to you. Congrats, you're human. Lastly, I agree using the slogan wasn't a good move. Seems to be a relatively universal thought. However, I don't believe that is evidence of your grand conspiracy. So, nothing new except this outrage over an ad. Man...1st world problems eh?