New EVGA warranty and step up rules...

[stompah]

Extending the warranty is way up and now you can can only step up to certain cards depending on your current card.

Means I probably won't be stepping into a 3090.


https://www.evga.com/support/stepup/

https://www.evga.com/warranty/extended/

Cost for extending warranty used to be from $30-40???. And they no longer offer a 10 year plan.


I'm going to miss the step up program for me to get a 3090, but I'm really going to miss the cost of extending the warranty.

 

[EarthDog]

Means I probably won't be stepping into a 3090.

Aren't you grandfathered in though?

 

[stompah]

I have not initiated the step up. I wanted to wait a little bit since I spent so much in December.

 

[EarthDog]

Let me rephrase...

Since you bought the card prior to 1/6 when they changed it, don't you still have access to the old program and those cards including a 3090?

I thought this program was updated 1/6/2022+ and forward.

 

[stompah]

If you were already in the Step-Up queue prior to the new Step-Up rules going into effect, then nothing will change.

I was not in the queue yet. Now when I check the 3090 is no longer an option.


I can step up my 3080Ti. But, I would not be able to get a watercooled 3090 back. And I would have to pay the higher warranty cost.


While the Step Up makes EVGA very attractive to me the additional warranty was a driving factor with my confidence in EVGA. I do not need a 10 year warranty. Bumping the warranty from 3 years to 5 years is optimal. Too bad that the cost now hurts my wallet a little more.


My plan:

3060 into a 3080Ti air cooled

3080Ti Hybrid into a 3090.

 

[EarthDog]

I was not in the queue yet.

Ahh..I thought you were considering you bought well before the announcement.

Can you qualify for an upgrade from an upgrade? I thought it was just one shot deal?
EDIT: I see, you bought a 3080Ti hybrid and moving to a 3090... let me get that 2nd cup of caffeine..........


Anyway, 10 years with a gpu is ridiculous. Consider playing games (or F@H) today on a GTX680... 10xyears is too much. 5 seems about right anyway.

 

[dfonda]

I forget how the step up works...I know I can upgrade a 3070 Ti , but how long do you have to do it? How long does it take for EVGA to upgrade it to say a 3080 Ti?

 

[EarthDog]

I'm not sure, exactly, how the step up works as far as time. I vaguely recall some 90 day thing from purchase? I'd imagine you'd find this here.
(as I found and clicked on the link, it says 90 days in the biggest font ever, I noticed, lolol!)

As for how long it takes evga to provide a(any) card, I imagine that varies by model.

EDIT: From that link.....................

WHAT IS THE 90-DAY WINDOW?​

The 90 Day Window begins from the date of purchase and is your chance to register your product, submit a request to Step-Up to a brand new product, and make any changes to your chosen Step-Up product within those 90 Days. The 90 Day Window does not guarantee that you will receive your Step-Up within 90 Days; in fact, many new product launches may have an estimated wait time of several months.

 

[dfonda]

Oh you were to quick. it does take some digging...14 days to register , otherwise you need to buy an extended warranty. I can move a 3070 Ti to anything above it.

My head is spinning from all the rules. I think I stepped up once in the first year they had it.

https://www.evga.com/support/stepup/

 

[stompah]

I think this change was my doing. Says the guy who stepped up from a 710 to a 3080. LOL

Unfortunately you cannot step up a step up.


I didn't enter the queue for the 3090 because they are fulfilling those quickly and I didn't want to drain my wallet again. Also, the 3090Ti rumors had me looking to wait and see.

 

[dfonda]

I think this change was my doing. Says the guy who stepped up from a 710 to a 3080. LOL

Unfortunately you cannot step up a step up.


I didn't enter the queue for the 3090 because they are fulfilling those quickly and I didn't want to drain my wallet again. Also, the 3090Ti rumors had me looking to wait and see.

LOL

Do you have to send your GPU in and wait for a new one? Or do they notify you that the new one is ready and then you send your current GPU in?

 

[EarthDog]

That would suck!

(they notify, then you send your original card in - looking at the link(s) above that detail the program it says it could be MONTHS to get a new card so... sending yours in when it isn't ready seems like a pretty bad idea)

 

[EarthDog]

I mean, I'd tell stompah to send his $100 potato arse GT 710 in immediately and wait for a 3090, but otherwise................

 

[stompah]

I did not pay $100 for a potato. $50.


I kept it in the box for several months and then put it in a system. A week or so after that I had received my step up notice and sent it in. A week or so later I got a 3080 back.


Had I known that the demand would be stripping supply for this long I would have bought a dozen 710s.

 

[dfonda]

I had to google what a 710 was...

 

[stompah]

Small sized russet potato.

 

[WrkBoot]

My EVGA 980ti is nine yrs old so the warranty might work for me hehehehehehe
I'm so ready for a new rig.

 

[lordkosc]

I did not pay $100 for a potato. $50.


I kept it in the box for several months and then put it in a system. A week or so after that I had received my step up notice and sent it in. A week or so later I got a 3080 back.


Had I known that the demand would be stripping supply for this long I would have bought a dozen 710s.

That is most impressive.

 

[stompah]

That is most impressive.

They have the same model 710 in their B-stock inventory. I am tempted to buy it to see if I get the same card.