Should i buy EVGA GTX1070 (FTW &SC) cards now in march ?

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Ashik Anowar

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The FTW and SC cards from EVGA has overheating problem ...but they announced that they would ship cards with( thermal pads installed and with updated bios) from November 1,2016...
and i am thinking of buying the card on the end of march or in april..
some might say i can easily ask EVGA to send me those free thermal pads ,but here is the thing,i live in BANGLADESH and i am gonna buy the card from USA through my friend who is coming soon in Bangladesh . so it will be a complicated(time consuming) task to ask for the free thermal pads .
and more ,i am not sure whether EVGA will send me those thermal pads to BANGLADESH.
so should i buy the FTWs or SCs(in march) or go for another brand ?.....TIA
 
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The card that has the best componentry and cooling will, on average, last the longest. Not just GPU temps but VRM and memory temps. Brand selections more often rely on "brand loyalty" than any type of documentation.

But very rarely does a card fail during it's useful life provided it's placed in a case with adequate air flow and the fan arrangement isn't sucking PSU and GPU exhaust back into the case along with a ton of dust.


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Be aware that the EVGA SC series is simply a reference card with a better cooler. While all the competing, similar;y priced offerings from other manufacturers (Strix, Windforce, Gaming X, etc) include numerous PCB component upgrades and better chip cooling the SC has never "been into that". Was disappointing to see this mindset transfer over to the FTW line this generation.

Since the 10xx series cards failures server not only to highlight the current problem but also the long history of SC series issues going back to the fried VRMs on the 5xx series, EVGA is retooling the SC design

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/evga-gtx-1080-ftw2-icx-cooler,4925.html

Still.... even with the new revamped design, we see that memory cooling is not sufficient to keep memory below the 85C ceiling.

So if you must have EVGA, then I'd want to find one with the iCX cooler design

https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=evga+icx&N=-1&isNodeId=1



 
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The card that has the best componentry and cooling will, on average, last the longest. Not just GPU temps but VRM and memory temps. Brand selections more often rely on "brand loyalty" than any type of documentation.

But very rarely does a card fail during it's useful life provided it's placed in a case with adequate air flow and the fan arrangement isn't sucking PSU and GPU exhaust back into the case along with a ton of dust.


 
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If you want to pay more for a card with a reference quality PCB, then go ahead and get it ... but if you want the best bang for the buck, pay the same price for a competitor's card and get documented better quality more for your money. Just checked e-bay to get quotes on a 780 for another post ...note the prices of the SC versus competitor cards

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=gtx+780

Again, why would EVGA come out with he new iCX design mid generation if they weren't trying to fix something ?

 
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