So 3 years is now standard, lifetime is gone, and you have to upgrade to 5 or 10 year to get access to step up program--is that right?
not quite
Now the same lifetime warranty products (high end GPUs) have "lifetime warranty if you register within 30 days of purchase" otherwise 3 years AND its transferable on resale to as many people as you want as long as its 3 years from original purchase. Even without receipt 3 years from manufacturing date."
And the lower end products that had a 1 year warranty now instead have 3 years AND can be upgraded to 5 or 10 for a cost. You can resell those, but if you do only the 3 year warranty transfers not the upgraded 5 or 10 year one.
Wait so if I wanted to buy two used gtx 570 they would still be lifetime right? As long as they were purchased after July 1 2011? (and have lifetime in the first place)
Did EVGA sell any 680s with the -AR (e.g. lifetime) warranty? I was seeing only -KR.
Wait so if I wanted to buy two used gtx 570 they would still be lifetime right? As long as they were purchased after July 1 2011? (and have lifetime in the first place)
I have lifetime warranty on my EVGA GTX 570 that I purchased in March 2011 (Actually used EVGA's step up program )from my GTX 470)...
Wondering if I should keep it or sell because I'm upgrading to a GTX 680...
Before, I had a PNY GTX 470 before and that thing got super hot 100 degrees celsius even with MSI Afterburner's fan trying to keep it in check - and I returned it to Fry's and bough an EVGA GTX 470 that never went over 80 Degrees Celsius which I eventually stepped up to the GTX 570...
that i am confused about. I am not sure if selling it used transfer the lifetime warranty or just a 3 year one (from date of original purchase)
EXACTLY! That part is so confusing. Would appreciate some insights from anyone!
From how I read the new terms, all warranty extensions go away if you step up or transfer the product to a new person.
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The new warranties are for the products not the person so I dont see how that could be true....
570 should still be plenty for most games, unless you're lacking performance in the games that you often play (i.e maxed out BF3). And MY personal rule of upgrade is that i won't do it unless it's a double (twice the power) upgrade.
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EVGA is the only way to go.
From how I read the new terms, all warranty extensions go away if you step up or transfer the product to a new person.
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That's the way I read it too. The lifetime warranty doesn't transfer. Also, if you step up it doesn't say the lifetime warranty transfers to the new product. It looks like you'd have to buy another warranty.
The new warranties are for the products not the person so I dont see how that could be true....
The warranties are, the extensions aren't.
They explicitly say that the extension doesn't transfer.
So the question is, does the lifetime if registered within 30 days count as an extension.
None of the new cards are AR.