Freekin nVidia....

[Gig-O-Ram]

I just get a 7800GT PCIe, and now they have the 7900GT/GTX out! Christ! Can't they let me enjoy this card for a while before they go and bring out the next generation?? I was just going to their site to look for new drivers, and I see this...

I know a lot of you already knew this...I'm just ranting... :bang head So much for thinking I was right up on things... :rolleyes:

[Nexus Realized]

Yeah man that does kinda suck when you are building a machine and that happens. I'm sure it's happened to quite a few people here. eVGA has a step up program if that's who your 7800GT is made by.

[OkydOky]

What Brand Card is it?

If it's an eVga, you can use that step up program.

[jpersinger]

I see EVGA 7800 gt in the sig, so get yourself on the queue for a step up. Just go to EVGA's website, support, then step up.

[Gig-O-Ram]

Yeah, it's the 7800GT...I bought it from ZipZoomFly...does that matter?

I haven't registered the card either...does that matter?

Edit= Well, that's nice and everything, but I read the T&C, and it seems I'll have to purchase, or at least maybe pay the difference for the new card...call it wishful thinking, but I thought it was, "Here's my 'old' new card...Here's your brand new bleeding edge card". I guess putting out some money is fair, but I just put out a whole lotta money for this rig, so...I don't know...

[Special7]

7800GT and the 7900GT are both $300 no money needed asside from shipping as long as you paid more than $299 for your card.

[Celeron_Phreak]

This happened to me too. I can't send my card in for a step-up though since Meionm was the original buyer and the card is registered to me. They ask for a copy of the original invoice/reciept and the information would be contradictary.

I'm not worried about it though. I'll be getting another 7800GT OC SE in the near future and run them in SLI. The 7900 series doesn't support DirectX 10, so I won't upgrade again until DX10 chips are released and at an affordable price. I don't see a point in upgrading to the 7900GT, for myself at least.

[Gig-O-Ram]

7800GT and the 7900GT are both $300 no money needed asside from shipping as long as you paid more than $299 for your card.

I paid $299.99 for mine...plus tax I think

[dfonda]

They ask for a copy of the original invoice/reciept and the information would be contradictary

If you asked them they would most likely let you do it anyway.
Their website acts like they have strict policies,but they bend the rules every time I have asked them to. :)

[twoeyes]

Hey does anybody know what evga does with all the old cards?

[Xtreme Barton]

^
they put them back on the market i think ..

and this is kinda old news.. this always happens and will always happen ..

[blkdiamond]

Personally I try and stay two generations or more back (right now I have 6800 xt's), so when they come out with a new card I don't feel bad having just bought the latest & greatest and now something new has come out.

[redrumy3]

Personally I try and stay two generations or more back (right now I have 6800 xt's), so when they come out with a new card I don't feel bad having just bought the latest & greatest and now something new has come out.
:) 6800gs fine for me, till directx10 comes out =] along with am2 n vista lol

[twoeyes]

:) 6800gs fine for me, till directx10 comes out =] along with am2 n vista lol

Same here except if I see a smokin deal i'll jump on it.

[Gig-O-Ram]

Well, so far I'd say that any newer of a card is going to be overkill for me, because this 7800GT is awesome! I get to play games now on the highest settings, and that's good enough for me.

I know that new stuff is always coming out, and that's not gonna change. But this happened when I finally got my 6800GT, and it was still sort of the "new" thing...and the 7800's were just coming out...I can't win... :shrug:

[crimedog]

ati did it first... nV just followed suit