Nvidia GTX 1080 & 1070 EVGA Cards Reportedly Catching Fire

[Joe_H]

I think you need to read the article carefully. EVGA may be characterizing it as one card with furmark running, but that was a test site doing that to try and recreate the conditions that caused reports from a number of different owners of the cards of them burning up on them.

Normal usage has GPU usage ranging from low to high peaks over time. Folding will tend to be fairly steady high usage. If I owned one of these cards, the thermal transfer pads to go from the VRM to the heat sink is the minimum I would do, and make certain the BIOS update does get applied for increased fan speed when hot.

[Nathan_P]

I have to agree with Joe, if you are running these cards 24/7 under a heavy load get the pads, even more so since folding rigs tend to run unattended

[foldy]

More detail information and video how to place the pads.
http://www.gamersnexus.net/news-pc/2666 ... m-1080-ftw

[cruswi]

Final EVGA VRM Torture Test: VRM Thermals Not the Killer of Cards !

http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2691- ... sis/page-3

Arthur