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

That comment reminded me of the BBQ scene with the succulent pig from the Simpsons

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.
 
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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.

Lence
EVGA please tell us the thickness of the pads. ... I have already some pads here!

its already answered, its 1 mm....

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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.

if you own a car, doesn't mean you can blast 100mph down a residential street
 
if you own a house, doesn't mean it's a good idea to fire up a coal BBQ inside the house
 
if you own a CPU, doesn't mean it's a good idea to overvolt it, run your cooling at 30%, and then run Prime95 for hours
 
these are the most absurd posts i have ever seen. no card maker, EVGA or otherwise, is required to create cooling that anticipates that the end user is going to be a nonce and blatantly ignore warnings from Nvidia. 
 
just because you own a thing doesn't mean it's the manufacturer's fault when you do something patently stupid with it.
 
good lord, the logic in here is astounding.

Wasn't one of the tests Metro Last Light which showed the memory sitting at 95c, right on it's thermal limits?

People are trying to way overclock everything, this has been going on for years. I overclocked my i7-4790k CPU, but only by 200mhz, I did not see any reason to go higher and risk in-gaming lockups, and shorten the life of the CPU. In the same way, I bought the EVGA GTX 1080 SC because it was factory overclocked; I did raise the overclock using MSI afterburner to +50 on the GPU and +400 on the memory and set a good fan curve to help with throttling and keep the temps low. I do have an RMA on the way, ONLY because the stock temps were higher than they should be compared to another brand. I do see people blaming EVGA for something that has a fix and was blown WAY OUT by a stupid article about ONE person who ran the Fur benchmark for many hours and was trying to way overclock something that the components cannot handle no matter what brand name it came from. EVGA is the best in the market for Graphics cards; I have been loyal customer for 10 years and will continue to be.

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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.
 
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You 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!
By the way, if you never use secondary you don't need to update secondary. If you want 0rpm up to 60 degrees (silent) you just have to update primary bios. What the new primary bios does is kicking in rpm earlier than 60 degrees, and raises the rpm to 30 % at 62-65 degrees. It will keep your GPU under 72 degrees in demanding games like The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt.  

To be fair it kind of seems like a blessing in disguise. Without the big fuss over the VRM temps, I doubt people would have discovered the gap between the VRAM and mid plate which effects a lot of users (including myself). Could have potentially saved EVGA from a lot of RMA's down the track.
 

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!

Wait what? Won't that simply just override the primary bios which you just flashed?
 

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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.
 
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What are you using the check the bios versions? Don't use the NVIDIA control panel but use GPUZ to check.

So I currently have a 1080 I bought a month ago running 86.04.17.00.80 BIOS, this new BIOS that fixes the heat issue is 86.04.3b.00.82 , I don't know much about numbers but isn't that a previous version compared to my BIOS? do I still have to update?
 
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