2nd GTX 1070 failed - anyone else having issues with this card

[Airedale]

I purchased an EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 video card in January. In March, it failed. EVGA honored the warranty and shipped me a refurb to replace it. The refurb lasted less than 4 months and now EVGA is shipping me another replacement. Of course, I had to pay shipping to send the defective cards back. Is anyone else having problems with the GTX 1070? My previous video card, an GeForce GTX 750 Ti ran for years in another gaming computer. I put it in my backup desktop and it is still running.

[Omega]

I am not aware of any issues with the EVGA 1070. I think you are just unluckly.

[Airedale]

Originally posted by Omega:

I am not aware of any issues with the EVGA 1070. I think you are just unluckly.

I hope you are correct. Maybe the third one will last unti it is obsolete!

[Kaihekoa]

Are you sure they failed or that something else wasn't the problem? It's highly improbable to have such a high failure rate in such a short time even if you're running them 24/7 for mining.

[Astro_80 (WASH YOUR HANDS!)]

EVGA are a pretty good hardware manufacturer. However, manufacturing defects do happen and perhaps this happened to you. Unfortunate.

[PepuroniPeetsa]

That's surprising to hear an Evga GPU Failing. I had a new Gigabyte RX 480 and it failed after 2 weeks of use.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Please list the whole system specs, as well the exact GPU model, and PSU model.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

If it's EVGA with ACX cooler then those had problems with missing thermal pads and crappy cooler design causing overheating and failure, they have replaced those with new iCX coolers now.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

What were the exact EVGA Part Number(s) and also what Power Supply do you have?

Most likely you got an older batch 1070 ACX and these generally were faulty, same for 1080 ACX. It was an issue regarding vrm overheating and burning out, lack or proper thermal pads.

Seems odd to get a 2nd new 1070 and have the same issue, since EVGA would have not let these go out the door without the proper fixes in place.

Do you reside in Australia?

The fact that you have no sign of issue with GTX 750 doesn't mean much; it could be simply you have poor power supply, not capable of properly handling a 1070, to which you would never see that kind of power load / stress coming from a 750 GPU.

[Airedale]

Originally posted by Bad_Motha:

What were the exact EVGA Part Number(s) and also what Power Supply do you have?

Most likely you got an older batch 1070 ACX and these generally were faulty, same for 1080 ACX. It was an issue regarding vrm overheating and burning out, lack or proper thermal pads.

Seems odd to get a 2nd new 1070 and have the same issue, since EVGA would have not let these go out the door without the proper fixes in place.

Do you reside in Australia?

The fact that you have no sign of issue with GTX 750 doesn't mean much; it could be simply you have poor power supply, not capable of properly handling a 1070, to which you would never see that kind of power load / stress coming from a 750 GPU.

I don't live in Australia. The first GTX 1070 lasted 2 months. The second one lasted 4 1/2 months. It seems unlikely that the power supply, which exceeds the power that EVGA requires, would cause the cards to fail after weeks of continuous use. EVGA does ask for full system specifications when you make a warranty claim and I provided that both times.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Would you be so kind as to provide full system specifications, as well the exact model of the GPU?

[Bad 💀 Motha]

I asked about AUS, due to laws there that grant you options for refund, even in cases like this.

I still think you should have someone check that PSU. Doesn't matter if its the so called best PC/ATX PSU on the Market, it could be having issues you are only seeing under high loads.

EVGA wouldn't care one way or the other what your full specs are; unless the PSU listed was sub-par perhaps; like say most under 500-550W or so, or perhaps ones that would require the use of GPU power adapters, which should always be avoided.

Ok so overall, what are they doing about this 2nd card now?

[Airedale]

They are replacing it.