My EVGA GTX 780 6GB SC w/ EVGA ACX Cooler has failed 6 months after the warranty expired.  It started by getting artifacts all over the screen in game and now it gets them even in the motherboard boot screen.  I've tried uninstalling  and reinstalling the drivers,  and rolling back the drivers to no effect.  As the card is basically dead now I even tried cleaning the gpu and applying fresh thermal paste incase it was a cooling issue, but again, no effect.  I checked the fans and they are spinning so that is not the issue either and the capacitors all look good.  I have bought and recommended many EGVA cards and PSU's over the years and all but this one card is still working.   I realize the card is out of warranty, but it is very frustrating to have it fail so soon after the warranty expired.  Is there anything else i can do or should I consider this a giant paperweight?
 
from my product page incase it helps:
Serial Number: 1412533787******

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Part Number: 06G-P4-3787-KR
Part Desc: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 6GB SC w/ EVGA ACX Cooler

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Place Purchased: NewEgg
Purchase Date: 06/20/2014
Date Registered: 7/3/2014 5:31:37 PM
 
System:
CPU: Intel i7-4790K "Devil's Canyon"
Motherboard: ASUS Z97-WS
Memory: Kingston Hyper X Beast 32GB 4Channel DDR3 2133MHZ kit
GPU: EVGA GTX 780 SC 6GB GDDR5
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Glacer 240L AIO
SSD: 500Gb Samsung 840EVO
HDD: WD Black 4TB
PSU: Seasonic Platinum Plus 860W 80Plus Platinum
 

Sajin
You could try .
 
Note: Bake the card with the gpu die facing up, and not down like in the pictures.

I actually already looked into this, until i got to the part about not doing it in an oven that you will be making food in.  I don't exactly have a spare oven lying around.

flyinion
Wow, imagine that, my 3GB SC ACX just died as well 6 mo outside of warranty.  I smell conspiracy or something.

Hahahaha... 

flyinion

Vlada011

flyinion
Wow, imagine that, my 3GB SC ACX just died as well 6 mo outside of warranty.  I smell conspiracy or something.

Hahahaha... 

You laugh but I'm halfway serious.  Never had an EVGA card die before until now.  Was not happy, holiday weekend, middle of gaming, unexpected expense, etc.  Of course I had to buy new, the only thing I had laying around was a 560 Ti and well, yeah that's kinda useless at this point unless I want 10fps in something.

Really? That's odd cause I'm using a 780 since the week they were released and I've pounded on it gaming and it's still rock solid. Although, I know how to properly setup and utilize hardware which is probably why I've never had to rma anything major. So 2 cards outta the millions out there failing hardly seems like conspiracy and at the very least probably user error.

My reference EVGA 780 died just yesterday, too.
Only non-stock setting it's running is a 62.5mV undervolt. I undervolted for slightly better temps and to make the card last more, but it seems it was useless.

I'm sorry for your loss.
My GTX 780 just died too. And hey it's about 8 months out of it's warranty period. 
What a conspiracy. 
Anyways it sucks and hurts to see a companion die. 

My 980 Ti just died (burning plastic smell, something FRIED), 3 months past possible warranty.  I'm telling ya, companies sure do know how to time their warranty limits, eh?