November 4, 20169 yr There has been quite a buzz in some OC/enthusiast web sites about evga 1080/1070 FTW cards literally having their VRMs catch fire. This is no joke, and it has become very well known that this problem potentially exists with these cards. Seems all the cards with their ACX 3.0 cooler may be so affected, though I've yet to see anyone post anything specifically about a non-FTW card. This has been taken seriously by evga, such they have released for the affected cards a bios with a more aggressive fan curve, and a thermal pad mod kit for the VRMs, which they will send to owners at no cost. To get these, your card must be registered with evga. Check it out at http://www.evga.com/thermalmod/ This can be very helpful:https://youtu.be/8DQYP0SN_Kk CPU: AMD 9800X3D PBO MB +200 CO -25| Motherboard: MSI MAG X870e Tomahawk WiFi | GPU: MSI RTX 5090 Ventus 3X OC | RAM: G.Skill 2x32GB DDR5 6000 cas 30 | M.2 SSDs: Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2T, WD Black SN750 M.2 1T | Hard Drive: WD Black HDD 6T 7200 | Optical Drive: LG Bluray writer, internal | Cooling: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO | Case: Fractal Design Focus G | PSU: NZXT C1200 1200W Win 11 Pro 64|HP Reverb G2 revised VR HMD|Asus 25" IPS 2K 60Hz monitor|Saitek X52 Pro & Peddles|TIR 5 (now retired)
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