LLOYD1985
Can anyone tell me the difference between Master and Slave BIOS on the GTX 1080 FTW please. I'm currently on the Master BIOS but I don't know which BIOS is best for me. A post before said the voltage is increased and fans are increased with the Slave BIOS, can anyone explain what that means exactly. Fan noise isn't an issue for me as my case has sound proofing and it's very quiet even with the GPU fans at 100%.

gara024
I applied for the thermal pads and got an email for the thermal pad mod request, waiting on the request verified email. Also you seem to imply that the fans working harder means something bad,I see it as lower temps. On my older classifieds,I had them both on 100% fan speed out of the box till i got this card.

hobib_ali

gara024
I applied for the thermal pads and got an email for the thermal pad mod request, waiting on the request verified email. Also you seem to imply that the fans working harder means something bad,I see it as lower temps. On my older classifieds,I had them both on 100% fan speed out of the box till i got this card.

nothing bad, just trying to establish if i should apply this new bios, i dont feel confident neither do I want to do something wrong and ruin both of my cards, right now im running my fans manually at 50% and at 70% whilst gaming so the cards are cool.
 
I saw that you tube video where someones evga 1080 FTW goes up in flames, literally, the last thing i want is for my cards to go in flames, took me over a year to save up for these components, i usually go to OCUK and there are many people complaining that EVGA effed up during manufacturing ect ect so I want to do the safest thing

gara024

hobib_ali
 

nothing bad, just trying to establish if i should apply this new bios, i dont feel confident neither do I want to do something wrong and ruin both of my cards, right now im running my fans manually at 50% and at 70% whilst gaming so the cards are cool.
 
I saw that you tube video where someones evga 1080 FTW goes up in flames, literally, the last thing i want is for my cards to go in flames, took me over a year to save up for these components, i usually go to OCUK and there are many people complaining that EVGA effed up during manufacturing ect ect so I want to do the safest thing

ipkha
That flames one is a one off as best we can tell right now. Some bad component not relayed to the heat issue.
Both bios files increase fan speed and eliminate zero fan at low temps. Slave bios already had no zero fan speed and higher voltage limit.

• On ACX 3.0, EVGA focused on GPU temperature and the lowest acoustic levels possible. Running Furmark, the GPU is around 70C +/- and the fan speed is running approximately 30% duty cycle or lower.
• However, during recent testing, the thermal temperature of the PWM and memory, in extreme circumstances, was marginally within spec and needed to be addressed."

gara024
I see your point but like I agree with you that they should of put them on but like everyone is like freaking out that there card is going to die and i have yet to see actual proof of a dead card.Even an evga mod has said he has yet to rma a card that has died of this issue. I think people are just freaking out to this whole situation.

gara024
I think people are just freaking out to this whole situation.

fightinfilipino

Troyhe98

gara024
That was a rhetorical question. Also "EVGA has investigated these reports and after extensive testing, below are our findings:

• On ACX 3.0, EVGA focused on GPU temperature and the lowest acoustic levels possible. Running Furmark, the GPU is around 70C +/- and the fan speed is running approximately 30% duty cycle or lower.
• However, during recent testing, the thermal temperature of the PWM and memory, in extreme circumstances, was marginally within spec and needed to be addressed."

 

This is something that never would have happened if EVGA decided not to cut corners when it came to cooling. They could have easily released this card with proper thermal padding and the entire issue would have been presented.

I think this quote, by GamersNexus, sums it up best "The ACX coolers have fallen prone to a number of design flaws over the past few years, but this one is one of the easiest to prevent".

Source: -->http://www.gamersnexus.ne...mment-comment=10005906

ffs they're not cutting corners. DON'T. USE. FURMARK.
 
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2603/~/using-furmark-and-other-stress-tests-with-geforce-graphics-cards
 
in real world gaming scenarios, you're NEVER going to hit the heat levels Furmark generates. THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

delicieuxzWhat? Stop saying crazy stuff. You are nobody to tell people what programs they can or can't run with their GPU. It is NOT the problem that people are running a particular program. The problem is that the GPUs don't have proper cooling, and so running high-intensity programs is particularly risky.

ilyama
When I read you all, I have the feeling that we are telling you to not playing GTA V, BF1 or another game...
 
We don't care about the fact to not launch this furmark, just play games FFS...

GFAFS

delicieuxzWhat? Stop saying crazy stuff. You are nobody to tell people what programs they can or can't run with their GPU. It is NOT the problem that people are running a particular program. The problem is that the GPUs don't have proper cooling, and so running high-intensity programs is particularly risky.

 
You're right. What he is also omitting is that the other Brands have no specific grief against furmark, and perform pretty well under intense stress. fightinfilipino is just using an old argument thrown away by EVGA at the beginning of the Crisis for everyone to chew on...a clumsy way to reject responsibilities.