Have fun the next 4 years ! <| sep |> This smells like a very particular type of PR . These exact models of cards from EVGA hadn ' t been previously reviewed by GamerNexus they had reviewed the Hybrid version back in September . So GamerNexus hasn ' t found VRM problems in the sample cards that EVGA provided them . , how convenient . Of course , if there is a problem something this article doesn ' t disprove at all I don ' t expect it to be present in samples picked by EVGA . Second , and again , if there weren ' t any problems at all , it ' s hard to believe that EVGA would have issued a recommended BIOS update that spins up the fans . Plus , from the articleThe impact on noise is somewhat substantial , since our first tests showed a ~ 10 dBA increase They are joking right ? . 10 dBA is not somewhat substantial , it ' s practically doubling the noise level of the card . And that ' s in an open bench . out of a case . And don ' t let me start with the supposed default rate of 200 parts per million . Lucky winners those affected users right ? SIGH I am not saying there is a grave problem here , but this is not a valid answer at all . At all .