EvGA step-up program

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Beginning of april Im getting a 8800GTX. Screw and their 8 months delay. They messed up the R600 and had to re-enginner it, once the R600 is released the G81 chips will be as well and I want to upgrade to that...

I know I have 90 days, so if I buy beginning of april, it gives me til beginning of july to step up. We know the R600 will be release at latest end of june, so the the G81 should be out by them hopefully.

What bugs me though is that you have the send the card before they send you the new one.

1- What are you suppose to do in-between ?
2- Do they actually send you a new one or a refurbished scratched one?
3- How long does it take?

Thanks :)
 
1. wait? haha or maybe get a cheapo card to run on for a few days?;)
2. They send you a brand spanking new card. Also, remember to keep ALL the parts from you 8800gtx as you will need to send them all in for stepup.
3. It depends on where you live in relation to southern california... because its usually dependant upon shipping.


Step up Approximate time frame.
1. You get in the Step up Queue.... and wait until its your turn
2. Verify payment and Invoice of your purchase(takes 1 or 2 days)
3. Send your card in
4. They ship yours(takes them 2 or 3 days for them to ship)
5. Get your new card(depends on where you live)
 
RussianHAXOR said:
1. wait? haha or maybe get a cheapo card to run on for a few days?;)
2. They send you a brand spanking new card. Also, remember to keep ALL the parts from you 8800gtx as you will need to send them all in for stepup.
3. It depends on where you live in relation to southern california... because its usually dependant upon shipping.


Step up Approximate time frame.
1. You get in the Step up Queue.... and wait until its your turn
2. Verify payment and Invoice of your purchase(takes 1 or 2 days)
3. Send your card in
4. They ship yours(takes them 2 or 3 days for them to ship)
5. Get your new card(depends on where you live)
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u really know yo stuff
 
Yes he does, many thanks for the very helpful and fast response !

Before even seeing it I called the EVGA tech support to inquire about some issues I had.

Q: I live in Europe (Luxembourg), do I have to send my card to the States or can the step-up go through the German warehouse?
A: He put me on hold to make sure he wouldnt say anything false or stupid
Yes our warehouse in Germany will handle your step-up request

Q: Will the price difference to be paid be based on the actual worth of the card at the time of the step-up or the original amount paid as seen on invoice?
A: We will use the price you paid on your invoice and check with your retailer if required

All good :) I asked if there was any rumors about the upcoming 8900XT, he said EVGA usually releases new products every 6 months and that the 8800XT was released a little over 4 months ago, so that if I bought it now with the 90 days step-up delay I would be very borderline with a new release... so he suggested I wait.

I'm a little sad tbh
 
Thats all correct, and i believe you are using the wrong suffixes, they are GTX not XT .:D
 
Pfff Im so tired of all my week, student life is no social life, no sleep, no nothing ...

So what should I do now? I wanted to order the rest of my system (I got the sexy stacker 830 evo already here, the sexy 226BW, the sexy PSU and sexy ram already here) ....

What cheap card will play most games (Oblivion , F.E.A.R., etc) at max or near max until I can buy a 8800GTX in June or so ?

Or is june too soon as well???
 
Can you do the step-up program if you bought a card from someone else who sends you the original invoice? Or does the name/address/etc have to match?

I know buying a card used doesn't count as an authorized reseller but will EVGA know or care if say a friend gives me the original Newegg receipt?
 
So HAXOR, any rumors among the EVGA colleagues about a possible release date for the 8900GTX?
 
Will this allow me to play FEAR, Oblivion and other nice games at max settings (at 1680x1050) :

ASUS RX1950XTX T, 512MB, ATI X1950XTX, PCIe

That is until I resell it somewhere and get a nice DX10 card in August or September once the competition is on between ATI and nVidia ? This one is 250€ less than the non KO ACS3 8800GTX I wanted to buy... I think it would be a better bang for my buck, but I dont know that card...

What you guys think?

Edit: oh yeah forgot to tell about the rest of my rig... E6600@3.8ghz, P5B-D, 2GB of DDR800 @ 3-4-4-12 2.3V
 
On full res?

The link speaks for itself......

8800gtx=110FPS @ 1600x1200
x1950XTX=70FPS @ 1600x1200

And no, guys i dont know anything about the 8900GTX's... AND if i did i still couldnt tell you that i did.

lawrence, if that was used as a gift you can. evga makes for such exceptions.... because they would rather have people buy other gifts and still accept the RMA's.
 
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