And some of them work really well , like you said . But others were refined for a reason , so they could have had a happy medium . <| sep |> no one said this is new <| sep |> Protip Hack girls with flowers and kind words ! <| sep |> I understand it completely , they figured out how to get extra money . it ' s not like you can tell them to just leave out the TPMS sensors . Think ticket master ' convenience ' charge , or the cable company charging a ' broadcast channels ' fee . <| sep |> ok , i ' ve been leaning towards the 12 macbook . thanks for the help ! <| sep |> This doesn ' t excuse the poor design choice of not installing the thermal pads in the first place . I ' d rather not run the card at a temperature where it begins to throttle . My RMA ' d 1080 FTW arrived yesterday and runs waaaay cooler than my previous card . I was hitting 8082 degrees in Overwatch on ultra at 1440 140 hz , and now it ' s sitting aroudn 6570 degrees . That ' s a massive difference , and something that should ' ve been done from the off . That sad , EVGA offering the thermal pads RMA process is a good move . Been a really smooth process for me too .