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6 hours ago, Delicieuxz said:

@Railgun I didn't get a response to my question on the EVGA forums. I'm pretty sure that the VRM and backplate pads will be installed on new EVGA 10XX cards, though, since EVGA is installing them on old cards that people send to them.

Thanks for trying. I bought my 1070 the other day so I'll let you know if it has them lol

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So, I have a replacement 1070 SC sitting on my dining room table, nice and neatly sealed in its box. I'm sure it's a refurb and not a new card, but I could still probably pull in $300-350 for it. That would still leave me with a pretty big gap to make up if I wanted to replace my EVGA Chinese firecracker with a 1070 that isn't somewhat likely to explode during CS:GO or FSX.

 

Have 1070 SC cards been having similar problems to the 1080s that are going off like a parade on Chinese New Year, or am I more or less safe using the new 1070 SC? I'm hesitant to break the plastic seal on the packaging until I've made up my mind one way or another, because that plastic seal is the difference between a $350 sealed in-box card and a $300 used card.

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37 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

So, I have a replacement 1070 SC sitting on my dining room table, nice and neatly sealed in its box. I'm sure it's a refurb and not a new card, but I could still probably pull in $300-350 for it. That would still leave me with a pretty big gap to make up if I wanted to replace my EVGA Chinese firecracker with a 1070 that isn't somewhat likely to explode during CS:GO or FSX.

 

Have 1070 SC cards been having similar problems to the 1080s that are going off like a parade on Chinese New Year, or am I more or less safe using the new 1070 SC? I'm hesitant to break the plastic seal on the packaging until I've made up my mind one way or another, because that plastic seal is the difference between a $350 sealed in-box card and a $300 used card.

Don't buy evga if youre that worried about it.

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All EVGA 10XX cards with the ACX3.0 cooler are vulnerable to the thermal issues, unless they have the updated BIOS and thermal pads mod installed. That includes the SC.

 

If you have a replacement SC that EVGA has installed thermal pads to, then it should no longer be at risk.

 

If the replacement SC you received came in full retail box, then it probably is not used, but a new card. I think that the refurbs are shipped in some special RMA bag, and not a box. If your SC was 30-days or less old when you RMA'd it, you'd get a new card. If you had owned it for more than 30 days, you'd get a refurb - according to EVGA forum staff.

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29 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

Don't buy evga if youre that worried about it.

I've been buying EVGA cards for years. My 1070 SC was purchased months ago (in August, to be exact), so that ship sailed long before I wrote the above post that you seem to have not read.

24 minutes ago, Delicieuxz said:

All EVGA 10XX cards with the ACX3.0 cooler are vulnerable to the thermal issues, unless they have the updated BIOS and thermal pads mod installed. That includes the SC.

 

If you have a replacement SC that EVGA has installed thermal pads to, then it should no longer be at risk.

 

If the replacement SC you received came in full retail box, then it probably is not used, but a new card. I think that the refurbs are shipped in some special RMA bag, and not a box. If your SC was 30-days or less old when you RMA'd it, you'd get a new card. If you had owned it for more than 30 days, you'd get a refurb - according to EVGA forum staff.

Huh, guess I got a brand new card then.

 

It's not so much the overheating that has me worried. It's the reports of (and spectacular video of) 1070 FTWs and 1080 FTWs quite literally exploding in the case. Of course, I've only seen the explosions on FTW cards, which have different PCBs from the SC (reference) boards, and that's got plenty of people asking if it's actually bad board components and not just heat causing things to go boom. That's just a hell of a "maybe" to roll with, especially considering that Z97 mATX motherboards are just this side of impossible to find should something go wrong and cook the board.

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1 minute ago, aisle9 said:

I've been buying EVGA cards for years. My 1070 SC was purchased months ago (in August, to be exact), so that ship sailed long before I wrote the above post that you seem to have not read.

I did read it, that's why I quoted it. Unless you bought the card knowing the issue, the simple solution is to swap brands or deal with it.

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7 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

I did read it, that's why I quoted it. Unless you bought the card knowing the issue, the simple solution is to swap brands or deal with it.

...thanks, I guess? I mean, did you read the post, or just seize on an opportunity to be clever? Because the question I posed was which of those simple solutions was the right one. I'm pretty...ok, really aware of the fact that keep the card or replace the card are the options here. That's, like, common sense. So, thanks. I mean, if you really set out to help, thanks. I don't think you did, and if you did, you're not very good at it, but if you did seek to help by giving an irrelevant answer then stating what I'd already laid out as obvious, thanks. I guess.

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42 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

...thanks, I guess? I mean, did you read the post, or just seize on an opportunity to be clever? Because the question I posed was which of those simple solutions was the right one. I'm pretty...ok, really aware of the fact that keep the card or replace the card are the options here. That's, like, common sense. So, thanks. I mean, if you really set out to help, thanks. I don't think you did, and if you did, you're not very good at it, but if you did seek to help by giving an irrelevant answer then stating what I'd already laid out as obvious, thanks. I guess.

You're welcome I guess. If you went out and got a screw driver I guess. You're welcome. Or you managed to figure something out on you're own. You're welcome, I guess 

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16 hours ago, Mick Naughty said:

You're welcome I guess. If you went out and got a screw driver I guess. You're welcome. Or you managed to figure something out on you're own. You're welcome, I guess 

Not exactly sure what's up your ass, but there are better ways to answer a question. 

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30 minutes ago, prostrike33 said:

Not exactly sure what's up your ass, but there are better ways to answer a question. 

I agree. Same with responding to comments. 

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12 minutes ago, prostrike33 said:

So why try to be clever with every response?

What would make you think I'm doing that? 

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10 hours ago, Mick Naughty said:

What would make you think I'm doing that? 

Your responses. I thought your come back to my gold star comment was funny, but the screwdriver comment was unnecessary in the first place. Plus aisle9 asked a simple question looking for useful answers. Considering the video card's expense, I don't think it's an unwarranted question. If you were trying to be helpful then that's fine, but as he said, it kinda seemed like you used it as an opportunity for some wise cracking comment.

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8 hours ago, SmashinMachine said:

EVGA  released Update for Overheating Issues

 

http://forums.evga.com/Update-11416-with-NEW-BIOS-EVGA-GeForce-GTX-10801070-PWM-Operating-Temperature-Update-m2573491.aspx

 

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-gtx-1080-evga-catches-fire-video/

Yeah I know. I'm just wandering if the card I buy will have the fix, or if I would have to rma it. Don't want it exploding

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