EVGA Step-Up or 'jump' across to ATI

[easyrider]

My advice would be.

Avoid the hassle.

Its quicker and cheaper to sell you card on

 

[The_Abyss]

Step-up is a joke

Enough said.

 

[C64]

I thought only usa customers could use the step up service ? sell the 8800gt on mm or auction site and buy a 4870.

 

[Greebo]

Why is everybody rushing to encourage him to sell a couple of weeks before major price drops?

If they don;t drop enough then sell on fleabay or mm and buy a 4870 which will be cheaper by then anyway.

If they do drop and you can swap it for a 9800GTX for free then that's a good deal, a 9800GTX+ for £20 is even better.

Can't anybody wait a fortnight anymore?

 

[easyrider]

Why is everybody rushing to encourage him to sell a couple of weeks before major price drops?

If they don;t drop enough then sell on fleabay or mm and buy a 4870 which will be cheaper by then anyway.

If they do drop and you can swap it for a 9800GTX for free then that's a good deal, a 9800GTX+ for £20 is even better.

Can't anybody wait a fortnight anymore?

You have missed the point mate

 

[Greebo]

I thought only usa customers could use the step up service ? sell the 8800gt on mm or auction site and buy a 4870.

No, europe gets it as well. Although the list prices on the us site coverted to pounds are a lot,lot better than what EVGA put up on their europe website.

 

[Greebo]

You have missed the point mate

I did? Enlighten me please?

 

[easyrider]

I did? Enlighten me please?

The step up is relative.

 

[Greebo]

The step up is relative.

/Still lost

If you mean list price of new to price you paid for yours then I know that. You don;t get the price of what your current card is you know, just what you paid when you bought it. And that includes bundle packages like Crysis. The extra £25 you paid still counts and you get to keep the game when you step up as well.

 

[easyrider]

The stepup is a faff and a ball ache and not worth it on any level.

Other than keeping you in the EVGA camp.

 

[Greebo]

The stepup is a faff and a ball ache and not worth it on any level.

Other than keeping you in the EVGA camp.

True and most of the time it doesn't work and costs too much money. However as I have said a mate swapped a 8800GTS 320Mb to 8800GTS 512Mb for free since he paid too much for his 8800GTS and bought it just before the new G92 cards came out (which was silly) and punched a hole in the gfx market.

There are the only times it does work. Now is one of them. What if EVGA drop the GTX260 to £200 in the next 45 days. Certainly worth £80 stepup from a 8800GT and much cheaper than selling the gt and buying the GTX.

And we all know the 9800GTX is going to drop to £117 so even if EVGA mark it up on their site it will still be cheap. If you had bought a 8800GT crysis bundle for £145 two months ago it would be a free swap.

 

[jrodga2k5]

As said I look forward to any NV price drops especially if this is reflected on the EVGA site! This would mean a very cheap step up for me, though right now I think there is something like a 300euro difference between the 260GTX and the 280GTX that they offer in the step up lol

 

[Ne1l]

Sorry to drag this up again...

... I've been patiently waiting for the 9800GTX+ to appear on EVGA and it has (but not in the step up yet)

I was just doing a trial run through the process when I noticed that they tell you to deduct the VAT off the original price (is that right??)


If it is I'll get £105 for my £123 card
EVGA say $229 translates into E199.... (I wonder if they use the same calculator to do their tax returns...)

So the GTX+ is E199 (£158) - £105 + £10pp = £63, not bad just wasn't expecting to lose VAT

Also, could someone confirm we don't get charged import tax as its from the EU.

Cheers again, looks like the wait was beneficial..... just wish I wasn't so tempted by the 4870x2...

 

[Greebo]

... I've been patiently waiting for the 9800GTX+ to appear on EVGA and it has (but not in the step up yet)

I was just doing a trial run through the process when I noticed that they tell you to deduct the VAT off the original price (is that right??)


If it is I'll get £105 for my £123 card
EVGA say $229 translates into E199.... (I wonder if they use the same calculator to do their tax returns...)

So the GTX+ is E199 (£158) - £105 + £10pp = £63, not bad just wasn't expecting to lose VAT

Also, could someone confirm we don't get charged import tax as its from the EU.

No import VAT as it is paid in the eu country of origin. Shame about the knocking off of your VAT though, I guess $229 = e199 cause of German VAT which is 22.5% from memory. Still it should only be £143.86 not £158 so they are milking it a bit.

However, £63 is not bad for a step up from a GT to a GTX+ but only the same as selling your GT and buying a new GTX+ for £138 (which they will be after the initial week or two) so long £75 for your GT which is just about still acheivable.

Cheers again, looks like the wait was beneficial..... just wish I wasn't so tempted by the 4870x2...

 

[Ne1l]

slightly off topic...

I've decided to take a chance.... my 8800GT is good enough for the time being..

Going to buy a few Nvidia shares currently $11.56... was $21 this time last month (year high is $39.67).. missed out when I was first going to buy them, first saw Nvidia with the NV1, seeing the Sega Saturn running Virtual Fighter was like the seeing the Amiga after worshiping the C64 messiah or even the Vic20 (Bonzo, with 8k memory expansion!!) to C64 (infiltrator, so far beyond it's time) Although seeing Elite on the BBC was my 'eureka' computer moment...

I 'personally' think they've just held the good tech back to develop it further, best not show the true 'long term' competition (Intel) what they can really do... but tar'ing ATI with the AMD brush was a bit foolish if not disrespectful...

I might be wrong but I think I'll notice the difference financially more than I would notice a few more FPS in Crysis by getting a GTX280

So well done Nvidia you've got my money just not in your products... I'll be following the financial charts instead of the FPS charts...

I've got everything crossed...

Some back ground;
http://news.softpedia.com/news/GT200-55nm-Nears-Launch-Nvidia-Marks-a-Bad-Q3-90354.shtml
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=nvda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NVIDIA

 

[Weazle]

Now is not the time to buy Nvidia shares lol ...... EVGA and XFX are rumoured to be defecting from the green machine and this announcement is about to hit soon ... I'd wait till those share prices drop even more.