Temperature issues in EVGA's 1070 and 1080

[cobito]

Some users are reporting not only temperatures reaching 107°C but also graphics cards dying from the extreme conditions they are subjected to.

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[whoololon]

I'm just stumped.
I ask for protections that should have been installed from the factory, and I have to pay for the repair? Sure, so that if things go wrong, they can wash their hands.

It's not like they gave me the graphics for free.

No sir, you send out a circular and have users send their graphics back to be repaired at the factory at no cost.

They already covered themselves in glory with the ACX heatsink on the 970, and this is already a travesty.

Anyway, another company that's moving to the dark side.

[cobito]

It could be said that it has already become a trend this decade. Start the party with the first EVGA 1080 that comes out on fire:

[kynes]

The best publicity a brand can have is for your top-of-the-line model to go up in flames while being recorded. The person in charge of quality control is going to be mortified.

[cobito]

Well it seems the fireworks continue, this time from a 1070:

[whoololon]

@cobito I don't know...
Was it being recorded from another device?
What is he made of that he doesn't even flinch when his machine is broken?

[cobito]

@whoololon my theory is that it made no noise. In the video the guy doesn't even flinch and I think he doesn't realize until much later.

It could be a montage, but it would seem to me to be a montage that is too subtle for something so "silly"