Anyone ever recieved a reference card directly from NVIDIA?

[asim1999]

I was just wondering since my 980 Ti is arriving directly from their UK HQ on Monday. I have a few questions:

1) What kind of box does it come in, is it one of those fancy reviewer boxes?

2) Is it branded e.g Asus or just an NVIDIA card?

3) Will it have warranty?

4) If I install a EVGA HYBRID cooler, will it void the warranty permanently? or can i disassemble the cooler and put the original cooler on and send it back to get fixed?

 

Thanks

[don_svetlio]

1 - yes
2 - no
3 - no idea
4 - if it has any then yes

[Syntaxvgm]

idk I have a reference 970 directly from NVIDIA. Looks like this 

 

 

Edit

those above are from google images, here's what the packaging looked like on mine 

 

[asim1999]

thanks

[Hackentosher]

7 minutes ago, Syntaxvgm said:

idk I have a reference 970 directly from NVIDIA. Looks like this 

 

 

Edit

those above are from google images, here's what the packaging looked like on mine 

 

Fancier packaging than my windforce card.

[TheMcSame]

58 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

1 - yes
2 - no
3 - no idea
4 - if it has any then yes

3 would be yes in the OP's case. Under UK law, the OP can technically return an item up to 6 years after the purchase, regardless of the manufacturer's warranty unless Nvidia has some sort of loophole that means the purchase wasn't made within the UK. If that's the case then it'd be 2 years under EU law.

 

[asim1999]

15 hours ago, TheMcSame said:

3 would be yes in the OP's case. Under UK law, the OP can technically return an item up to 6 years after the purchase, regardless of the manufacturer's warranty unless Nvidia has some sort of loophole that means the purchase wasn't made within the UK. If that's the case then it'd be 2 years under EU law.

 

Yes they are sending me the card from their UK Head Office in Reading