About a year ago I oc'ed my 980ti with respectable temps. I monitored them and made sure they came nowhere near unsafe temp. Fast forward a year later and the 2 fans on my card started reviving up to a high rpm, then computer shut off. I turned computer back on and after couple of mins in a game it shut off again. So this time I was going to turn it back on to check out the temps on everything when 2 short burst of flames came out from the heat sink area of the card. I unplugged computer and took gpu out and examined area where flames shot out. I did noticed some burn damage in the area, is small but noticeable. Is this covered under the warranty or no? I read the terms and states "psyhical damage" voids it. Haven't had the card 2 1/2 years yet. Thanks

you should be good  . depends on if they[evga] deems it as end user abuse   for what ever reason  .   [rare ]  , but can happen at times 
 
like here if it was due to a failed part as here you should be good to go
 
''Just received my new card today which turns out to be a 1070, I really am truly grateful for the replacement 10/10 service and support, will be buying all products from EVGA in the future thank you so much! :)''
 
https://forums.evga.com/EVGA-980TI-Burnt-out-m2571295.aspx
 
theres a few posts on this  type issue here   this one guy reported back on satisfaction  of his rma deal 
 
 

good deal.
 
I guess I misstated that   they [evga] can approve the RMA  to allo you to send it in  , but then they get your card and look it all over to decide if its going to be replaced .   once they get there hands on it  and see whats - what   that's when they can deem it as good to go or no way / end user abuse  and decline the replacement  ..
this dept. is where I do feel evga hold a edge over other brands  and less likely they would turn one down  [the damage would have to be pretty blatant abuse for evga to deny ]   I seen from other forums I do   some evga cards from posted pic's guys had that to me I figured no way  evga would accept  , but did  .    one guy here at evga had his turned down due to what he said was water damage ??
 
this one ??
 
https://forums.evga.com/What-would-a-replacement-be-for-a-980-FTW-RMA-if-no-980-FTW-are-available-m2732686.aspx

Only damage to the GPU is small burn damage on the board. I mean the damage is very small and in my opinion does not show neglect on my part. I did explain the damage in part 1 of RMA process. Thanks again everyone

legiox
Only damage to the GPU is small burn damage on the board. I mean the damage is very small and in my opinion does not show neglect on my part. I did explain the damage in part 1 of RMA process. Thanks again everyone

Self-inflicted damage cause by the card failing is covered.
 
If someone damages their card and then it fails - not covered
 
The used cards are repaired when possible and recycled for future RMAs

legiox
Only damage to the GPU is small burn damage on the board. I mean the damage is very small and in my opinion does not show neglect on my part. I did explain the damage in part 1 of RMA process. Thanks again everyone

Let us know how the new cards works for you.