EVGA GTX 1070/1080 GPUs Catching Fire Due To VRMs Overheating

[Keysplayr]

Dave, I think what he means is, this"issue" isnt the "issue" you and others on here are interested in perpetuating. VRMs are well below their nominal thresholds let alone their Tjmax even in worst case scenario torture tests.
It looks like the number of cards that fail hasnt really changed and are likely due to defects in parts and manufacturing, just as any company is susceptible to. 200 cards per million failing is quite low, dont you think? And they arent failing due to burning hot VRMs. The level of effort and attention to the smallest detail and minutia in these tests Mark has linked to leave zero room for doubt. So, any efforts to perpetuate or exacerbate this non issue is probably going to be viewed as extremist trolling and intentional spreading of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. At this point, that would be obvious.
You saying "Regardless" to Marks findings and his opinion backed by those findings says a lot about your agenda. Says you dont care about any data disproving the VRMgate that you and others here want to have remain perfectly believable. People here are smarter than you think. You should give them more credit than that.
eVGA is a fantastic company with 2nd to none customer service. Yes, they should have used thermal pads to afford better performance. NOT to prevent VRMs catching fire. I hope you're clear about all this after reading that testing article Mark posted.

 

[Dave2150]

Dave, I think what he means is, this"issue" isnt the "issue" you and others on here are interested in perpetuating. VRMs are well below their nominal thresholds let alone their Tjmax even in worst case scenario torture tests.
It looks like the number of cards that fail hasnt really changed and are likely due to defects in parts and manufacturing, just as any company is susceptible to. 200 cards per million failing is quite low, dont you think? And they arent failing due to burning hot VRMs. The level of effort and attention to the smallest detail and minutia in these tests Mark has linked to leave zero room for doubt. So, any efforts to perpetuate or exacerbate this non issue is probably going to be viewed as extremist trolling and intentional spreading of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. At this point, that would be obvious.
You saying "Regardless" to Marks findings and his opinion backed by those findings says a lot about your agenda. Says you dont care about any data disproving the VRMgate that you and others here want to have remain perfectly believable. People here are smarter than you think. You should give them more credit than that.
eVGA is a fantastic company with 2nd to none customer service. Yes, they should have used thermal pads to afford better performance. NOT to prevent VRMs catching fire. I hope you're clear about all this after reading that testing article Mark posted.

Who gets to decide which website's article is factual and which is non factual? I could link many website articles that go into detail how badly designed the ACX3.0 thermal solution is, compared to it's competition. I'm not going to since this thread contains links to many of them.

It's also fine that people don't agree with each other, that's what freedom of speech is about, right? The important thing is that we're all able to discuss this issue if we want to. We're able to compare the thermal solutions used by the various companies. We're able to compare noise levels, temperatures, performance, anything we want in fact. Isn't this something you'd support?

 

[Phynaz]

Well, this made me order a a Gigabyte 1070. First time not buying a EVGA Nvidia based card.

 

[Keysplayr]

Who gets to decide which website's article is factual and which is non factual? I could link many website articles that go into detail how badly designed the ACX3.0 thermal solution is, compared to it's competition. I'm not going to since this thread contains links to many of them.

It's also fine that people don't agree with each other, that's what freedom of speech is about, right? The important thing is that we're all able to discuss this issue if we want to. We're able to compare the thermal solutions used by the various companies. We're able to compare noise levels, temperatures, performance, anything we want in fact. Isn't this something you'd support?

Not when the disputes are bias driven. No.
Oh and also, the ACX cooling solution isnt badly designed. It could just have been better with thermal pads. Thats all. Its not a thermonuclear explosion (not that big of a deal). Just a party popper level sitch. Yet to you, puppies died because of it.

 

[Keysplayr]

Then

I wonted to go with EVGA first time. I had Gigabyte last time and Gigabyte never again... Sure I don't wont to pay alot of money for Evga card, which doesn't "feel" like a card to be trustworthy. Could be just blown up fake news or not, but... I don't wont to risk fire at my home and my dogs dead cause of graphic card. My comp is On 24/7... After all its my money and I wanna play safe in that regard. Not to mention how difficult will be to sell those cards later on. Any other cards with 3 year warranty?

Then you may have nothing electrical in your home. No wires in the walls. No connection to utility pole or whatever you have.

Do you folks even hear yourselves when you decide to put thought to type?

 

[nurturedhate]

Then

Then you may have nothing electrical in your home. No wires in the walls. No connection to utility pole or whatever you have.

Do you folks even hear yourselves when you decide to put thought to type?

You are openly stating that risk never plays a factor in ANYTHING and SHOULD NEVER be used to judge a decision. Just black and white decision making. Live in a cave or die in a technology driven fire.

Do you folks even hear yourselves when you decide to put thought to type?

It is real simple. A company made a mistake and released a product in a state that it should not have been released in. Period. Full stop. If another company did such a thing this thread would be 25 pages long and no one would be requesting the comments to stop.

 

[Markfw]

Well, I guess I should give up here. No point in trying logic and facts here. The card gets hot. But no bonifide fires, just fake videos.So the company tries to make the product better so it doesn't get hot.

But according to most here, one website said it's possible, so all heck breaks loose, and you can never convince anyone the issue is blown all out proportion. So be it, I am done with this moronic thread.

 

[stahlhart]

So be it, I am done with this moronic thread.

So am I.
-- stahlhart