evga step up

[mrmegaman]

has any one used the evga step up?
i want to know if i get a evga 260 gtx from ocuk can i ten step up to a 275 or 285 later on.

i have a 8800 gtx now.

 

[doiks14]

I've heard that its only available for residents of USA. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[millsy888]

http://www.evga.com/stepup/default.asp?switch=2

From the terms and conditions it states:

"The EVGA Step-up Program is limited to residents of the Continental US, Canada and Europe only"

 

[LoadsaMoney]

The step-ups a rip off and not worth doing, as you have to go by EVGA's prices, and they are always a lot higher than the retailers, be a lot cheaper to sell the card you have and buy the one you want, plus it would hardly be an upgrade to a 275 or 285, be more like a sidegrade as the 260-216 isn't much slower than both, give it a bit of a clock and you'll have a 285 for nothing.

 

[cmndr_andi]

Should be able to step up from gtx 260 to gtx 285 but not the gtx 275.

Europe
Motherboard
141-BL-E759-A1 EVGA X58 SLI Classified (Includes EVGA ECP / 3x16x Design)
Graphic Card
01G-P3-1155-TR GeForce GTS 250
01G-P3-1281-ER GeForce GTX 285
01G-P3-N945-LR GeForce 9400 GT
01G-P3-N959-TR GeForce 9500 GT
01G-P3-N981-TR GeForce 9800 GT
512-P3-1150-TR GeForce GTS 250
512-P3-N863-TR e-GeForce 9600 GT
512-P3-N944-LR GeForce 9400 GT
512-P3-N954-TR GeForce 9500 GT
512-P3-N973-TR GeForce 9800 GT
896-P3-1255-ER GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 - 55nm

May want to drop them an email to see if this page is out of date. As the 275 is a newer card they may just not have updated the page but do include it in the step up program.

 

[Greebo]

The step-ups a rip off and not worth doing, as you have to go by EVGA's prices, and they are always a lot higher than the retailers, be a lot cheaper to sell the card you have and buy the one you want, plus it would hardly be an upgrade to a 275 or 285, be more like a sidegrade as the 260-216 isn't much slower than both, give it a bit of a clock and you'll have a 285 for nothing.

Agree with this. There has only being a few times when it has worked well for the user, usually when a mind blowing performance card comes out at a dirt cheap price.

For example I was able to step up from a 8800GTX 320mb to a 8800GT for no cost.

But these examples are few and far between and better to do what Loadsa suggests.

However you might get lucky occasionally.