emsir
 
You think you are a pro, or work in a place where they make GPU's? 
This issue is absolutely not a project failuire. No card has been damaged due to this issue. This issue is handled proffessional by EVGA. Your post is just another attempt to put you in the spotlight and have your 2 minutes of fame.
Your solution is rubbish. Why? Because the thermal pad solution and bios update works just great. There is no heat issue and people are playing games just like they would normal. The cards work just great without issues.

emsir
 
As I said, this is not isolated to EVGA. So stop posting *REMOVED*. Your argument is rubbish. ASUS, MSI and others haven't put in a warning sticker in their products, so why should EVGA, when it's well known that it is NVIDIA (GEFORCE) that warned against Furmark.
 
Read this post from 2011 (GEFORCE):
By Manuel Giuuzman
Customer Care
 
"Furmark is an application designed to stress the GPU by maximizing power draw well beyond any real world application or game. In some cases, this could lead to slowdown of the graphics card due to hitting over-temperature or over-current protection mechanisms. These protection mechanisms are designed to ensure the safe operation of the graphics card. Using Furmark or other applications to disable these protection mechanisms can result in permanent damage to the graphics card and void the manufacturer's warranty".
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Posted 02/28/2011 07:25 PM   


 No foul language, it goes against our TOS! AB...

GFAFS

emsir
 
As I said, this is not isolated to EVGA. So stop posting *REMOVED*. Your argument is rubbish. ASUS, MSI and others haven't put in a warning sticker in their products, so why should EVGA, when it's well known that it is NVIDIA (GEFORCE) that warned against Furmark.
 
Read this post from 2011 (GEFORCE):
By Manuel Giuuzman
Customer Care
 
"Furmark is an application designed to stress the GPU by maximizing power draw well beyond any real world application or game. In some cases, this could lead to slowdown of the graphics card due to hitting over-temperature or over-current protection mechanisms. These protection mechanisms are designed to ensure the safe operation of the graphics card. Using Furmark or other applications to disable these protection mechanisms can result in permanent damage to the graphics card and void the manufacturer's warranty".
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Posted 02/28/2011 07:25 PM   


 No foul language, it goes against our TOS! AB...

They are not the one rejecting the fault on furmark right now, do they?, no they are not. And the post is from 2011, furmark do not Override the protections mechanisms in place today (at least for the GPU ship). Sorry but you won't go away that easy. I won't even point out that the answer come from Customer Care...which is another debate really.

emsir
 
You are the one who should put some weight behind your statement. You started the post. I didn't.
I am just a customer. I have not seen one card being broken by this issue. If you have some knowledge about a card (1060-1070-1080 EVGA) that has been damaged by this issue, please post it. If not, you are just trying to discredit EVGA for personal reason.

flaviossa
Using this line of thinking, EVGA should put on the gpu box: "Don´t use the GPU as a frisbee. Otherwise it may harm your product and warrant may be void". Seriously, you install anything in your system just because democracy allows you to do so? Freedom is not excuse for dumb behavior. Nvidia (not EVGA) warned about using this software and it´s use must be done only by people knowing what their doing. When a high-end GPU is made, the end use for that is 95% in games and 5% for professional user like CUDA processing and things like that. The overclockers (professisonal, not script kids) stays in the 5%. So, yes, people can use this furmark-whatever app all day long, but at least be prepared for the consequencies and don´t blame anybody else for your bad choices.
 
Again, EVGA made clear that heir architecture has it´s flaws, and i complete understand the harm it may cause to our expensive toys. But they are working on it. In many fronts, and one of them is educating people with what they can and can´t do with their gpus.
 
Good day to you all!
 

GooDaddy

SinistaLad
Soooo am I the only one who has checked gpuz to see that the bios hasnt changed since applying the patch???

meaning the bio's # installed is still the same or the temps are still the same?

GooDaddy
Why is my thermal pad taking so long.....
I'm hitting temps of 85c in lower settings. Just bought this hunk of crap a few weeks ago, thinking about taking it back.

max883
The evga 1080 SC is the best gpu i ever had. Only problem is the vrm and Mem heat problem

emsir

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.
 

The Furmark problem is not just EVGA, but all Nvidia cards. It's well known that Nvidia has warned against Furmark for years. Why?  Because you'll never push your GPU to the limit when playing games. Don't blame it on VGA, blame it on Nvidia.

vampyren

emsir

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.
 

The Furmark problem is not just EVGA, but all Nvidia cards. It's well known that Nvidia has warned against Furmark for years. Why?  Because you'll never push your GPU to the limit when playing games. Don't blame it on VGA, blame it on Nvidia.

This is a load of *REMOVED* Does the card come with a disclaimer?
How about saying i cant run my CPU 24/7?
If the cooler does its job then it should work around the clock and no matter how hard you push your card. As a last resort it needs to shut down, not burn up!
Saying anything else is just rubbish. And why doesn't the other brands have the issue?
I think EVGA handles this pretty great and all but there is no denying short cuts were taken here. There is no way in hell they did not know about this. This is a company with background and history.
 
I will continue to buy EVGA due to the good (i think) customer service and upgrade program but i dont like to read people playing down real issues.

emsirYou don't need to switch to slave bios when updating the secondary bios. Just update primary bios. Restart computer and update secondary Bios.....restart. Done!

Rylant
Flashing both bios unsuccessful?  I have card 08G-P4-6284-KR which is a dual bios card.  When I flash the master bios, it correctly shows that I have bios version 86.04.3b.00.74.  However, when I shut down, switch to the slave bios, and turn on my PC, it also shows that I have bios version 86.04.3b.00.74.  I then flashed the slave bios with bios number 86.04.3b.01.84.  I shut down, switch to the master bios on the card, and reboot, and it still shows that I am using bios number 86.04.3b.01.84.  It's like there is not 2 different bios, because when I flip the switch on the card, it doesn't seem to be changing to the other bios when I reboot.  Am I doing something wrong?
 
Here is the process I took to install both bios.  I downloaded both.  I flashed the master bios.  I rebooted.  After reboot, I shut down.  I switched to the slave bios on the video card.  I started PC.  This is when I noticed that the bios with the slave switch activated, was the master bios that I had just updated.  I flashed the slave bios with the downloaded secondary bios.  I rebooted.  It showed my bios was the correct slave bios number.  I shut down.  I switched back to the master bios on the card.  I started the PC.  The bios shown was still the slave bios number.
 
Rylant