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%.

I know for a fact the secondary bios raises the Power target from 120% to 130%. Idk about the voltage or fan curve.

I apologies for my lack of kwnoledge but ,why is two (primary and secondary) Bios updates on my GPU GTX 1070 (08G-P4-6274-KR)  ?
What its the update that i should pick?
Sorry for my bad english, i can understand 90% of the language but only can write at 10 or less % :(
any help is too much apreciate 
 

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

Dannoobmx
I apologies for my lack of kwnoledge but ,why is two (primary and secondary) Bios updates on my GPU GTX 1070 (08G-P4-6274-KR)  ?
What its the update that i should pick?
Sorry for my bad english, i can understand 90% of the language but only can write at 10 or less % :(
any help is too much apreciate 
 

There is a physical switch located on your card which either selects the primary or secondary bios. (By default it should be on Primary).
For example the secondary bios offers an increased power target +10% over the primary. 

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

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.

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




People are really overreacting to this whole deal. MAYBE if you have a Extremely hot room with Really bad case air flow running a heavy benchmark program something MIGHT happen. Even If something does happen Evga's warranty and customer support is the best I have ever dealt with.

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

People are really overreacting to this whole deal. MAYBE if you have a Extremely hot room with Really bad case air flow running a heavy benchmark program something MIGHT happen. Even If something does happen Evga's warranty and customer support is the best I have ever dealt with.


I don't know about "overreacting". When people buy a $700 graphics card they expect premium quality. When it was discovered EVGA left off thermal pads, which directly contributed to the overheating issue, it makes people question whether or not what they paid for was worth it.

Personally, I ended up returning both my EVGA 1080 FTW cards for a full refund simply because the resale value on these cards just went down significantly. It had nothing to do with whether or not the EVGA fix would work, but more so why did they let it happen to begin with. Their other cards in the past had thermal pads; however, EVGA decided against them this time. Pure speculation, but I bet they thought it would save them a few dollars. Now they are paying that price exponentially both monetarily and by having their brand tarnished.

First of all IF evga didn't actually care they wouldn't be offering multiple fixes to a problem that is being so blown up by people. Do you know hot the vrams actually have to get before they fail? They provided a bios update + are giving free thermal pads to those who feel they are needed. If you actually look they say they are optional. Evga has said it was an oversight and the ceo pretty much said it was our bad. If you don't like you evga that's fine no one is forcing you to use there products.

When can i get the thermopads

Vicsogreen
When can i get the thermopads

http://www.evga.com/thermalmod/