EVGA DUAL-FAN GTX 1080 AND 1070 CARDS ARE CATCHING ON FIRE

[xxcsu]

Just found this article , thought it worth to share , as probably many of you using those cards .

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/evga-gtx-1080-1070-overheating-issue/

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[PovertyByte]

This is mining related but sometimes when pushing the OC too high the driver crashes and restores and it will resume mining as I turn the GPU/Mem clocks back down, but the temps shoot up regardless of what I do with the fans until I completely close to miner and reboot restart the OC software

I do not think this is an EVGA specific thing rather than a driver and OC software bug where the cooling settings reset and get stuck on auto

Based on that article I would just have them send me the new cooler because I got a pretty good chip in mine that OC's exceptionally well

[philipma1957]

My Kia Forte has a speedometer that maxes at 120 mph. Or for metric about 190 kph.

Do I ever drive it at  those speeds no.  Why do,you think. I limit my Kia to 90 mph?

Same principle for mining do not over clock and burn the gear up.

Gpus are really reliable just run them around 70c max and set fans at 75 % max.

If the gpu can not stay under 70 c at 75% lower the power till it does.

[QuintLeo]

I run the same Afterburner custom fan profile on my EVGA 1070s that I run on the Gigabytes (I have 2 of the EVGA FTW 2-fan cards, the Gigabytes are a mix of 2-fan and 3-fan Windforce OC models and one of their ITX cards).

 I don't see any higher temps on the EVGA as I see on the Gigabyte when used in the same cooling situation.

 They MAY have tried to set their DEFAULT fan profile to not run the fans hard enough - but that is an issue for ANY card used in 24/7 operation like mining.

[fr4nkthetank]

well if you overclock like crazy, check the vrm temps.  some Rx 470/480 have the same problem by the way, vrm's get really hot even though your core may be fine

[QuintLeo]

None of my 1070s are running more than about 65% of rated TDP when doing normal mining - if the VRMs are overheating at THAT low of power consumption, I'm sure I'd have noticed when stress-testing them earlier.

[PovertyByte]

well if you overclock like crazy, check the vrm temps.  some Rx 470/480 have the same problem by the way, vrm's get really hot even though your core may be fine

I've always wondering that, do the GPU temp readings average the entire card or the hottest between the core and memory?

[fr4nkthetank]

I think gpu temps are just the core (the chip).  You can check the vrm temp sometimes in afterburner for some cards i believe, or for the 470-480 in watttool.  So for example your card reports 65c, so you run the fan at 60% for silence for example and think you are good.  but no! those vrm's may be running at 100c.  (still okay, just hot, they can run to like 120c or something but the lifetime will drop).
edit: reason for that is most of the time the vrm's are not physically connected to the heatsink, only cooled by air from the fan.  on good cards (or some reference models) the vrm's are connected to the heatsink system wit h thermal pads