Huge EVGA Fail!!!! GTX 295 Hydro "copper" mixes ALU and CU in the same BLOCK!

[zlojack]

http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?op...2774&Itemid=40

[NaeKuh]

OMG WTF is eVGA thinking...

this picture sum's it up:



This could be the OEM innovotek block... maybe...

[theseeker]

Not to mention the seal and all of the screws! That is a nightmare.

[NaeKuh]

that block looks like its starting to corrode.

Parts of it is a tintish green, and i see pits starting to form in areas.

YUCK...

[Spencer1590]

Lol just check the finish, , and the price .....

[deepcover]

The reviewer didn't seem to care about this flaw.

[hotdun]

that block looks like its starting to corrode.

Parts of it is a tintish green, and i see pits starting to form in areas.

YUCK...

Corrosionphobia at it's best... What a major design failure....shoulda took a profit cut and went with a 3rd party manufacturer...

[faster3200]

The reviewer didn't seem to care about this flaw.

I know, he just goes on as if nothing is wrong.

[MrToad]

E P I C F A I L

Even the Stealth, which was plated to the highest standards, didn't quite escape galvanic corrosion...

This one with naked aluminium... LOL!

[zlojack]

LOL

I predict a product recall. Every single one of these is going to see corrosion! Unreal.

[evil-98]

i bet you they voids warranty when opened so those un aware users start corroding they wont know and if they open it up to look its voided!

either way most of use will stay away from it, bad idea from EVGA but doesnt really matter to us all that much right?

edit:

also looks like the CU plates are installed the direction?? looks like it wont be flowing well..

[MrToad]

LOL

I predict a product recall. Every single one of these is going to see corrosion! Unreal.

Indeed. I don't know what amount of glycol you'd have to add to your coolant to make it safe with such a huge piece of aluminium thrown into the mix...

[Sly Fox]

I (generally) like EVGA, but this is just shameful. They need to clean this up before anyone else buys this thing.

When you pay that kind of premium for a card, you should get a quality product. Not this crap.

[systemviper]

i'm still just stunned, it's like a bad joke, but it's reality, whooooooooooo

[MrToad]

After the great job they did with the original Hydro for the 280, I'm just stunned by this. There's just not enough words to describe how ultimately stupid this is.

They are absolute fools, period.

andyc

Well, seems this time they commissioned the contraption to the wrong people.

Honestly, for the premium, I'm sure every major name in "the scene" (if I may) could have come up with something much better suited.

[jimmyxxx]

Bad eVGA, Bad boy ...

[quattro_]

im not surprised at all, after they send my a badly used RMA mobo with blue coolant everywhere over the board then refused to pay for shipping it back or even cross-shipping a new one hell they did not even apologize for all what happened to me!!! good job EVGA

[BlueAqua]

Nice HydroAluminum with a splash of copper block.

Who's up for a group buy?

[zlojack]

It's amazing that there are people out there who defend mixing metals

[nikhsub1]

What n00bs.

[zlojack]

"Just get a bottle of pentosin"

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[BrokeDown]

Snipe you must be bored...

[MrToad]

"Just get a bottle of pentosin"

And don't dilute it... or else

[YMAA]

If eVGA's instructions warn people to use special coolant with the block, they don't have to recall. I'm looking to see if there's a product page for the card or block, but nothing so far.

Ideally, the block should be pure copper. Better performance and it removes any risk of this happening. Maybe they used aluminum because there were a lot of complaints about their 260/280 block being WAY heavier than it needs to be?

Besides, it's not called Hydroalucopper, it's Hydrocopper.