Zotac arent just the hottest and loudest of the bunch.
Zotac have notoriously....maybe even legendarily bad quality control.
Their RMA process can take up to 2 months.
If your warranty is with a store and you have any issues, just ask for store credit to get a GPU from another AIB.
Zotac 4090 teardown.
Their vapor chamber doesnt fit their PCB:
^ And this was sent to reviewers.....imagine what they would send to the general public.
Theres a reason their cards are consistently the last to be sold out or just remain in stock....and its not cuz they produce alot of them.........people are super wary of them.
This is a lot of money to put down on a sub standard product warranty be damned.