pawelblyskal

arestavo

 
Done with you.

Sorry, we don't want to by a water cooling system to fix this, just the thermal pads and a backplate please....

pawelblyskal
109c is absolutely too hot for VRMs. Jason from EVGA tech support does not understand that even the Black Editions without a backplate are getting these temps as confirmed by various IR tests specifically on Black Editions. I find it quite funny how he tries to claim that a lack of a backplate would provide enough air flow to cool it sufficiently, this is completely false since the IR tests were done WITHOUT a backplate. 

pawelblyskal

Scarlet-Tech

pawelblyskal
109c is absolutely too hot for VRMs. Jason from EVGA tech support does not understand that even the Black Editions without a backplate are getting these temps as confirmed by various IR tests specifically on Black Editions. I find it quite funny how he tries to claim that a lack of a backplate would provide enough air flow to cool it sufficiently, this is completely false since the IR tests were done WITHOUT a backplate. 

Could you please provide the pictures or links for use?

This image is without a backplate or thermal pad mod, just the fan adjusted:



You keep referencing these tests, so please provide them.

 
Simply increasing the fan speed on a faulty cooler is not a solution IMO as it produces significantly higher noise output which falls out of spec of the card's noise profile. On top of that the 108c temp (top left corner) with the BIOS hack is still unacceptable.

pawelblyskal

You must be very young....
 
With your logic everyone can just remove the backplate and solve this issue which is truly laughable lol. With or without the backplate the cards are overheating as shown by numerous users INCLUDING users with the Black Editions. People taking IR readings showing the card overheats are actually REMOVING the back plate to get the readings as clearly shown in the IR pics. You must have not looked at them else you would not have made such a silly statement. As stated before, the backplate is being used as an additional heatsink when implemented with the thermal pad fix. This is a simple fact. Not only that but even EVGA disagrees with you since all the Black Editions (backplateless models) are listed as being affected by the faulty cooler. Quite funny...

Scarlet-Tech
You are just being impossible on purpose.. 108c on the top left corner shows the scale.. In the bottom left, it shows 56c.. That is the entire spectrum monitor and the color gradient it goes through from black to white and the gamut in between. Don't try to pull wool over everyone's eyes. Provide these link to the test you are referencing

Scarlet-Tech

ruhroh

Scarlet-Tech
You are just being impossible on purpose.. 108c on the top left corner shows the scale.. In the bottom left, it shows 56c.. That is the entire spectrum monitor and the color gradient it goes through from black to white and the gamut in between. Don't try to pull wool over everyone's eyes. Provide these link to the test you are referencing

The "span" of the temperatures (56-108c) usually means that the highest point in the image window is close to 108c.  It's very likely that at some point on the image something much closer to 108c exists, the crosshair just isn't centered on it.  In normal operation mode, the FLIR auto adjusts the span of the temperatures to provide as much contrast within the image window as possible.  

Then I apologize, as my understanding was incorrect.  If the span shows a item up to 108, why is the hotspot marker reading 95?

EVGA_JacobF
The thing to remember here is that 1070, especially the VRM section, runs cooler than 1080, especially 1080 FTW which has 10 Phases all in a line in close proximity. If you are comparing a 1070 SC or 1070 Black Edition with only 4 Power Phases, it is a much different scenario.

FscuderiaX
So I got some of my own data for anyone wondering about temps on their EVGA GTX 1070 SC Black Edition.  Measured with an IR temp gun, max temp I noted on the PCB is at the location on the pic below with stock settings and a 10 minute Firestrike stress test.  I repeated each test twice and results were consistent.  Ambient temp somewhere in the 25C range.  
 
 
STOCK SETTINGS:  Max GPU temp 76C, max VRM temp 94C.
 
 
 I then changed the fan to 67%, corresponding to 2200RPM as in the new VBIOS soon to come.  Same testing conditions: 
 
 
67% FAN SPEED:  Max GPU temp 66C, max VRM temp 79C.  
 
 
 There you have it.  Even on all original settings I didn't see anything approaching dangerous levels.  Although that was at stock SC clocks in a large, well ventilated case I don't think any of us have anything to worry about.  Especially if you had a custom fan profile already set, as did I, I'm sure everything will be just fine.  Prior to this I did claim for the thermal pads and I'll still probably install them for good measure but honestly I don't think it's even necessary (as EVGA has already stated it's optional).  
 
I feel a little bit better about the whole situation, at least for us with Black Edition cards.  Can't speak for the other cards but props to EVGA for promptly addressing the issue.  Hopefully we can soon put this issue to rest and don't see any more thermal incidents.  For those of you still worrying, grab a jar of Nutella, graham crackers, and a pack of marshmellows so in the event something does go wrong at least you'll have something good to eat.