Let me put this a different way... that EVGA may still be reference PCB. You just need the reference cooler.
Reference - https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_980_Ti/5.html
Yours - http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...a-gtx-980-ti-superclocked-acx-2-0-review.html
You may want to email EVGA and see if it is. If so, as I said, you can just find the blower cooler and put it on.
Reference - https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_980_Ti/5.html
Yours - http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...a-gtx-980-ti-superclocked-acx-2-0-review.html
You may want to email EVGA and see if it is. If so, as I said, you can just find the blower cooler and put it on.