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.
Motherboard:Gigabyte 990FXA-UD5,
CPU: AMD FX-8350 @4.7GHz,
RAM:16GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical DDR3 1866MHz CL9,
PSU: Corsair GS700 2013 Edition,
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX1070 Founders Edition ,
Case: Coolermaster Stacker 830 Nvidia Edition,
Cooler: Corsair H100i,
Storage: Seagate 500G 7200rpm + WD 80G 5400rpm,
Extra: Akasa 4port fan controller, Sharkoon UV lights x4