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EVGA Step-Up or 'jump' across to ATI

Ne1l

Ne1l

Ne1l

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I've got till the middle of August to decide if I'm going to step-up but looking at the current cost to step-up to a 9800gtx is 349.99 euro's (£277) or 369 euro's (£292) for the GTX260... it just doesn't make sense

I didn't mind paying the £20 'EVGA' premium when I bought an 8800GT from OC's as I wanted the step-up option but EVGA are charging £70 more than OC's for a 9800GTX, I would have thought the step-up would cost less than OC's as there isn't a middle man... no wonder you can't see the step-up costs till you registered a product with them, it would put people off...

For the price of either step-up option I could get a 4870 and give the 8800gt to the misses... a 'win win'
 
Step up only works if you buy high end a few months before a new product.

eg GX2 - 280. Then its not a bad deal.

280 < GX2 so its pretty much handling charge.
 
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Surely they are the list prices and not the cost of your step up?

Ie You have to subtract the original cost of your GT from the £277 price of the 9800GTX and depending when you bought it, you may have paid £200 for your GT so your step up is only £70 for the GTX and £92 for the GTX260 which isn't bad to be honest especially on the GTX260 and you can't buy a 4870 for £92 (yet ;)) You would be hard pressed to sell your 8800GT and get enough money that you only needed to put £92 to it to buy a GTX260.

JUst one more thing before you decide, the list price of the 9800GTX is about to drop to $199 come mid July so even with EVGA "premium" prices and assuming they still charge an extra £70, it would mean the price on EVGA website for a 9800GTX would drop to £190 ish.

So if you paid £190 or more for your GT you will then be able to setup to a 9800GTX for free (well cost of posting) or put another £20 to it and get the new 9800GTX+

That may well be a very good choice for you so I wouldn't rush to sell your card yet for a couple of weeks anyway.

Step up works in a competitive pricing market like now with new products coming out at cheaper prices.

I had a mate who bought EVGA 8800GTS 320mb and step up to a 8800 GTS 512Mb for free (+postage) so depending on your timing, step up can work in your favour.
 
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Cheers for the advice, I got the 8800gt superclocked for £120 so the step-up 'currently' to a 9800GTX would be an additional £150...

I'll hold out till my step-up is about to expire and if the 9800GTX+ is available for around £200 I'll go for that...

Mind you when I think back about how much more it cost me to upgrade from a voodoo2 8mb to a 12mb I suppose your getting better bang for buck, I just find it hard to understand why EVGA charge more than etailers... you'd think they'd reward existing customers with a slight discount

So 45 days before might have to get my first ATI since the Rage128 and I returned that within 7 days for a TNT...

I've still got everything crossed that the GTX's drop massively in price
 
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Surely its still not worth it though, as he has to give them his card, and another £150 on top for the 9800 GTX, which is currently less than that price new.

Best options probably to sell the GT and put the rest towards a 4870 id have thought, much faster card, oh and welcome to the forums. :)
 
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Ne1l said:
Cheers for the advice, I got the 8800gt superclocked for £120 so the step-up 'currently' to a 9800GTX would be an additional £150...

I'll hold out till my step-up is about to expire and if the 9800GTX+ is available for around £200 I'll go for that...

Mind you when I think back about how much more it cost me to upgrade from a voodoo2 8mb to a 12mb I suppose your getting better bang for buck, I just find it hard to understand why EVGA charge more than etailers... you'd think they'd reward existing customers with a slight discount

So 45 days before might have to get my first ATI since the Rage128 and I returned that within 7 days for a TNT...
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The GTX+ though is only supposed to be about £140 new.
 
Cheers for all the replies, looks like there's loads of people about this time of night... hello to 1 and all... (cheers for the welcome loadsamoney)

I'll play the waiting game, the 8800GT is great at the moment, Physx has been keeping me amused the last few days...

Thanks again... :)
 
I can do the step up from my 9800GTX to a 260GTX for around £70 in total which actually doesnt work out too badly! However I have 72days left in my step up so I may just wait it out and see if the prices do drop on the step up for the 260GTX and see how much lower it does get!

If it does get to around the £50 mark I may just have to make the "step up"
 
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the evga warranty (10 year) is worth the premium
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While I agree a nice warranty is very much appreciated, who on earth still has the same graphics card 3 years down the line let alone 10.

By who on earth i mean who out of all this mental lot on ocuk :P cos average joe more than likely wouldnt have a clue about evga or care that much about different deals. only the price.
 
Warranty comes into play when relselling but the GFX market now is so odd I would just get the cheapest card you want.
 
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Problem with the step-up program is you are entirely dependent on whatever list price they give their new cards. Most manufacturers charge more than shopping around etailers so it's basically pot luck on whether the happen to be sensible with their pricing.

Of course, for those who paid over the odds for their existing card, the step up can be considerably cheaper.

Warranty has never been an issue for me as you get 1 year warranty from the shop anyway. If it breaks after that then it's probably time to consider a new card anyway, unless it's something very high end.
 
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