Should not be possible for software to damage hardware, period.
Either EVGA are doing something odd with their cards or if its more widespread its Nvidia's problem.
Igor was pretty convinced that EVGA actually bypass the failsafe which Nvidia have build in. The reason seems to be that a few years ago the GPU didn't have such a failsafe, so EVGA created their own. And pride / stubbornness / having bought a lot of their solution etc. makes them continue to use it even now when GPUs have their own.
So much for EVGA being the premium Nvidia brand then
Cheap parts on expensive cards.. now who would have thought it.
Put a nail on those who argue that high prices = quality, the "I spend more therefore I am" people.
Not that cheap isn't cheap, it's just that paying more is no guarantee of quality.
Once a cheapskate penny pinching manufacturer, always a cheapskate penny pinching manufacturer irrespective of price. Do Samsung still put poor capacitors in all their TV power supplies?