Let my story begin... 
I had a GTX1070 FE, a real FE but after some months of flawless performance it died. I RMA'd my card to EVGA EU and they immediately replaced my card and in one week period i had a brand new 1070 "FOUNDERS EDITION".. 
I received my package, I opened it, i was surpised to see a brand new card and thanks EVGA for that, but, when I inspected closely the card i realized that was not a "genuine" founders edition. 
Nvidia logo was missing from pci-e connector, the i/o plate was different and had an extension that wrote "designed by EVGA"... My first card was not like that... 
Anyways, plugged it in, my computer booted, and i was afraid of having a micron dram card so i opened gpu-z to check it out. My "founders" edition card is finally running on micron memory and it's well known that cards with micron memories had a bios issue and wouldnt clock higher and artifacts would appear... I tested the card +500MHz on the memory it was stable.
As far I know, none of founders edition cards were running with micron chips, they were using the original samsung dram chips but my whole point is not only the memory but the whole "scam". The card that EVGA sent me back is not a Founders edition but a ACX 3.0 with a FE cooler on it. I know that acx 3.0 except ftw and classified models still use the reference pcb design and so the cooler swap can take place here. The card runs pretty well and still is a 1070 ;) .

My review was super positive for your efforts to deal with a lot of people and maintain their satisfaction with your products, but i am kinda dissapointed now because i paid for a founders edition not a camouflaged card with the FE cooler on it. The box was unopened with full accessories. Any solution to my problem? 
I cant afford to pay again for shipping to EVGA EU and i would NEVER EVER EVER thought that situation would occur on EVGA products. NEVER.

Hello stefangtx,
 
I can confirm the information that Scarlet-Tech provided is correct. A Founder's Edition card only refers to the cooler that comes with the card, and any EVGA branded card that uses a reference design is indeed a genuine card. The reference design used for Founder's and ACX cards are one and the same, and Nvidia leaves it up to each of the AIB partners to build PCBs in spec to this reference design. The type of memory used is not specified and may vary from card to card. It also sounds like the card you got back has one of our high flow brackets. If anything it'll allow a bit more air to vent out and could help a degree or two with temperatures, but otherwise is only cosmetic. 
 
I hope this helps ease your concerns about the card you received. If you have any other concerns or questions we will be happy to address them.

stefangtx
Had nvidia released the micron dram fix then or they did release that later?

EVGA released theirs on the 17th. http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=2565056&p=33

Sorry for the late reply! I just want to confirm that as you've discovered, the latest vBIOS does have the AMD fix and memory improvements included. You should be all set. If you do encounter any issues, let us know, we're here to help!