EVGA GTX 1070 8GB FTW GAMING ACX 3.0?

[mcraftax]

As the title says is the "EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB FTW GAMING ACX 3.0" a good card? I can get it for  £400 (UK)

For 1080p144?

Anything wrong with it, there was the overheating problem but i guess that has been solved?

 

Thanks

[Percenary]

1 minute ago, mcraftax said:

As the title says is the "EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB FTW GAMING ACX 3.0" a good card? I can get it for  £400 (UK)

For 1080p144?

Anything wrong with it, there was the overheating problem but i guess that has been solved?

 

Thanks

Oh god. This card is so shit. The cooling, the sound, the coils.. Just, don't purchase it. Go for a 1440p monitors anyways. Asus strix, msi gaming, and the gigabyte extreme are all much better.

[XenosTech]

2 minutes ago, mcraftax said:

As the title says is the "EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB FTW GAMING ACX 3.0" a good card? I can get it for  £400 (UK)

For 1080p144?

Anything wrong with it, there was the overheating problem but i guess that has been solved?

 

Thanks

You'll have to get the cooling pads from EVGA if this doesn't have them installed already.

[Oswin]

honestly would i would get this https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/fPFXsY/asus-geforce-gtx-1070-8gb-dual-video-card-dual-gtx1070-o8g

[Techicolors]

I would check the card when you get it if the thermal pads have been installed. If not you may have to request a couple from EVGA. If you don't want to jump through those hoops, you can just get an MSI or Asus card. 

[Shiv78]

1 minute ago, Percenary said:

Oh god. This card is so shit.

What? EVGA's ACX 3.0 is one of the best coolers, and the FTW card is one of the best 1070s... what are you smoking?

 

As long as the thermal pads are installed, should be fine. Otherwise you can RMA it for a new one or get the pads and install them yourself.

[Percenary]

Just now, Shiv78 said:

What? EVGA's ACX 3.0 is one of the best coolers, and the FTW card is one of the best 1070s... what are you smoking?

 

As long as the thermal pads are installed, should be fine. Otherwise you can RMA it for a new one or get the pads and install them yourself.

I had 3 of those fucking cards.. they all had issues. 90c+. Shitty fucking company imo. They removed the pads to cut costs. 

[Percenary]

1 minute ago, Shiv78 said:

What? EVGA's ACX 3.0 is one of the best coolers, and the FTW card is one of the best 1070s... what are you smoking?

 

As long as the thermal pads are installed, should be fine. Otherwise you can RMA it for a new one or get the pads and install them yourself.

No need to install them yourself when there are better alternatives.

[SeanAngelo]

7 minutes ago, mcraftax said:

As the title says is the "EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB FTW GAMING ACX 3.0" a good card? I can get it for  £400 (UK)

For 1080p144?

Anything wrong with it, there was the overheating problem but i guess that has been solved?

 

Thanks

yeah its a good card, get it. its one of the best out there imho.

 

4 minutes ago, Percenary said:

Oh god. This card is so shit. The cooling, the sound, the coils.. Just, don't purchase it. Go for a 1440p monitors anyways. Asus strix, msi gaming, and the gigabyte extreme are all much better.

how so? evga is one of the best gpu manufacturers out there....

[The Sloth]

8 minutes ago, mcraftax said:

As the title says is the "EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB FTW GAMING ACX 3.0" a good card? I can get it for  £400 (UK)

For 1080p144?

Anything wrong with it, there was the overheating problem but i guess that has been solved?

 

Thanks

 

hold on don't buy any acx 3.0 cooled cards 

[Vellinious]

3 minutes ago, Percenary said:

I had 3 of those fucking cards.. they all had issues. 90c+. Shitty fucking company imo. They removed the pads to cut costs. 

Got any screencaps of the card running 90c+?

[Percenary]

2 minutes ago, SeanAngelo said:

yeah its a good card, get it. its one of the best out there imho.

 

how so? evga is one of the best gpu manufacturers out there....

They were. Until they fucked it up. No need to defend them anymore.

[iRileyx]

1 minute ago, Percenary said:

They were. Until they fucked it up. No need to defend them anymore.

 

They still make some of the best cards, your salty opinion ain't gonna change that.

[CostcoSamples]

EVGA is usually pretty good, but they really screwed up this gen.  I'd go for another brand if you can find a good deal.

[Percenary]

Just now, RKRiley said:

 

They still make some of the best cards, your salty opinion ain't gonna change that.

It's the opinion of the entire community.. they had a mass recall for a reason, lmfao.

[iRileyx]

Just now, Percenary said:

It's the opinion of the entire community.. they had a mass recall for a reason, lmfao.

So are Samsung no longer one of the major/best mobile phone brands because they had a recall?

Lots of companies have recalls, it doesn't make them suddenly turn shit.

[Percenary]

Just now, RKRiley said:

So are Samsung no longer one of the major/best mobile phone brands because they had a recall?

Lots of companies have recalls, it doesn't make them suddenly turn shit.

They still are. But, they lost a lot of credibility. They lost a lot of sales this year. That's how evga is this year.

[SeanAngelo]

3 minutes ago, Percenary said:

They were. Until they fucked it up. No need to defend them anymore.

LOL. just because they messed up in putting thermal pads doesnt mean they're shit. when nvidia had the issue with the 970 everyone lost their shit. but i still see you have an nvidia graphics card.... mhm.....

[CostcoSamples]

1 minute ago, RKRiley said:

So are Samsung no longer one of the major/best mobile phone brands because they had a recall?

Lots of companies have recalls, it doesn't make them suddenly turn shit.

Agreed.  EVGA screwed up on one particular product line.  Yes it will tarnish their reputation, and I wouldn't buy that product, but I wouldn't write them off for future products.

[Percenary]

1 minute ago, SeanAngelo said:

LOL. just because they messed up in putting thermal pads doesnt mean they're shit. when nvidia had the issue with the 970 everyone lost their shit. but i still see you have an nvidia graphics card.... mhm.....

People had their cards catch on fire, LOL. Nvidia? Yeah, I have the strix. I don't like amd tbh.

[mcraftax]

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Thanks for the response. 

If you thought the evga one is said was bad can you suggest another 1070 plz. Most of the rest of the build is black, which with colour accents flexible.

[Percenary]

Just now, mcraftax said:

@Percenary @XenosTech @Oswin @Technicolors @Shiv78 @SeanAngelo

@nerdslayer1 @Vellinious @RKRiley @CostcoSamples

Thanks for the response. 

If you thought the evga one is said was bad can you suggest another 1070 plz. Most of the rest of the build is black, which with colour accents flexible.

Asus strix than. The rest are orange or white.

[mcraftax]

Just now, Percenary said:

Asus strix than. The rest are orange or white.

What i meant by colour is the system is black while the gpu could be nearly any colour as i could change other parts to match

[Percenary]

Just now, mcraftax said:

What i meant by colour is the system is black while the gpu could be nearly any colour as i could change other parts to match

Asus strix

[Reflecting]

1 hour ago, Percenary said:

I had 3 of those fucking cards.. they all had issues. 90c+. Shitty fucking company imo. They removed the pads to cut costs. 

Sounds like an issue with you not the GPU considering it takes special situations for those card to have true thermal complications. Do your research before speaking.

1 hour ago, Percenary said:

They were. Until they fucked it up. No need to defend them anymore.

They messed up nothing, it was proven that the pads help with thermal issues, but that under even moderate stress testing (more then gaming or anything daily) they don't fail. It was special cases were they failed.

1 hour ago, Percenary said:

People had their cards catch on fire, LOL. Nvidia? Yeah, I have the strix. I don't like amd tbh.

What cards caught fire? Please stop passing along poor information to spite a company because you are upset for no reason. You likely have never even owned their products, just stirring the pot.

 

The only cards that had massive failure were under a situation where they were trying to make the card fail. Even then, it was likely a capacitor that failed.

 

 

Moral of the story, the internet is full of idiots passing along bad info. Do your own research and form a conclusion with that.