Eximo :
I only have a pair of reference 980s, I imagine the 770 matches since it is the same cooler. Possibly the Titan and Titan X as well. But the new 1070 and 1080 reference coolers, I'm not sure.
I'm certain they are using an ODM to get all their coolers and boards made, which they have always done. And of course they use a fabrication company for their GPUs. Nvidia is not a manufacturing company, they are a design firm.
Never owned an Nvidia branded card, so not sure about their warranty policies. I imagine that can be found on their site.
Well for anyone wondering if you will void your warranty from removing the shroud here is your answer, also note that I sort of rephrased this discusion to be about blowing out dust from the vapor chamber, instead of changing logos for the saftey of my future warrenty
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Summary: Graphics Card Warrenty
Product Level 1: GeForce graphics
Category Level 1: Product Information
Date Created: 07/14/2016 03:03 PM
Last Updated: 07/14/2016 03:03 PM
Status: Unresolved
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Product Name: GTX 1080
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Chat Transcript 07/14/2016 03:03 PM
[02:41:22 PM]Hi, my name is Prakash. How may I help you?
[02:41:35 PM]Kyle : hello
[02:41:47 PM]Prakash: Hi Kyle!
[02:42:02 PM]Kyle : I had a question regarding the gtx 1080 and its warrenty
[02:42:31 PM]Prakash: Sure
[02:42:37 PM]Prakash: I will be happy to assist you on this
[02:43:20 PM]Kyle : every few months i typically remove my graphics cards shroud and blow out any dust (not the heatsink) will this void my warrenty? this is my first card straight from nvidia
[02:43:39 PM]Kyle : I know the blower designs tend to get dust build up in them
[02:44:43 PM]Kyle : My old 770 Aero card was a blower design and I took off the shroud and used compressed air to remove dust. I just wanted to double check so I dont void my warranty down the line
[02:45:12 PM]Prakash: No. Just taking our card and blowing air would not void warranty
[02:45:45 PM]Kyle : so its okay to remove the screws on the cover?
[02:46:05 PM]Kyle : I dont mean just taking it out of the case. the dust builds up inside the card.
[02:46:36 PM]Prakash: To be 100% let me check with the concerned team
[02:46:44 PM]Prakash: Please give me a moment
[02:46:48 PM]Kyle : kk
[02:50:04 PM]Prakash: Thank you for your time
[02:50:57 PM]Kyle : no problem
[02:52:23 PM]Prakash: I am sorry, I have just confirmed and we do not recommend any hardware removing from the card
[02:52:28 PM]Prakash: It will void the warranty
[02:52:50 PM]Prakash: You can just blow it from the fans and that should just work fine.
[02:53:02 PM]Kyle : Oh okay thanks. well good to know
[02:54:44 PM]Prakash: WElcome
[02:54:50 PM]Prakash: Anything else I may help you with?
[02:55:00 PM]Kyle : thats all
[02:55:03 PM]Kyle : thank you
[02:55:26 PM]'Kyle ' disconnected ('Concluded by End-user').