KeithW19
I dont think people are doing that... there has no been no official guidance or anything from EVGA on the issue. Amazon has said the issue is not the game but capped menu fps as a "fix" which doesnt seem to have helped at all. I think people are simply wanting to play a game with their GPU plain and simple. And since the cards are being replaced there is some logic in seeing if your card is affected and getting a replacement that isnt affected. EVGA has not acknowledged anything or advised anyone to not play the game in any way. If they want to spend resources sending out replacement cards thats on them. If it means I can get a Rev 1.0 card without the power distribution issues then I'll take it.
If you had a car that they found out would break the axle when making a certain type of left turn would you just avoid making left turns from that point on? Or would you get it replaced and not have the issue anymore?
If you are dependent on the card then by all means avoid the game to see what shakes out. Worst case EVGA never officially says anything and then every game that comes out you have to worry that its going to brick your GPU. Best case they acknowledge the issue and either provide a fix via BIOS update or start an official recall/replacement program for affected cards.
Not the best analogy, but I get your point. I've seen many posts in here that are literally "I've read cards are bricking in this game. I'm going to go play the game to find out if mine bricks. Yup it bricked (and some who said no issues)".
I think a better analogy would be that there's a new side road you can take with your car. Then all these stories come out about other people with the same car as you keep having their engine die when they take that road. You don't have to take that road, nobody is making you. It might have nothing to do with that road. Your car company is currently investigating the issue but hasn't made any official announcements yet. Do you, full-knowing there have been issues, just go "hey, lets check out this road!" or do you wait a few weeks until someone actually figures out what the real problem is and then try to get the car company to fix it assuming it's a problem with that car model? Honestly, I'd personally avoid that road for a while. It looks new and fancy, but there's no reason I have to take that road.
They're already replacing the 0.1 cards if the power distribution is bad. there are posts and confirmation from EVGA on that. They're replacing cards that do fail, and nobody who's bought a 3090 should be anywhere near the end of their 3 year warranty. I guess if you're trying to figure out immediately if you have a suspect card before some other games comes out in 3 months that you are dying to play and now is a better time to go through the RMA process for you, you might risk it...but I haven't seen anybody make that claim. It seems they just really want to get into New World...right now...no matter the cost.