My Zotac arrived today. That tiny FPS drop is more than made up for by the quadrupling of my frame rate @ 1440p with high settings in Apex during the three months that I would otherwise have to wait to benefit from upgrading my 980ti.
If you've got a decent card already no harm in sitting it out for a bit, otherwise it's just a matter of getting whatever you can. I had my eye on the MSI Gaming Trio X, but when Gibbo posted the stock just before launch I grabbed the Zotac instead.
Hopefully they release some BIOS updates but if they don't I won't lose any sleep over it. I'm happy to sacrifice a couple of frames for a quieter card anyway. As for the PCB, it works, and it's got a 5 year warranty. If you want to push the clocks, then you wouldn't have ordered this card in the first place.