Yay and thanks

Thanks for keeping it, however, I think this is the final straw for me. With the lack of activity in the forums and PG not caring about the donors I just have no passion anymore. I've been doing the minimum because of the cost of energy but I'd have to fold too many hours to get the bucks.
Good luck all it's been a fun 5 years.

Figured we see a jump in points. With the qrb the way it is now 1.5mill is about 10days on a 780 or a 8425 4p.

Yes, we paid close attention to the discussion that was occurring on the forums, then did a bit more research.  Happy to keep it going for both the EVGA Community and the Folding @ Home community!

Too big of a jump for my electric costs.

Does this begin starting with the month of March I assume?  Just started folding for EVGA bucks a couple days ago to get my 500K and see what the fuss is about.  Guess I started too late lol.  Awesome promotion nonetheless.  Just a shame that the bonus points leading to the change are so inconsistent these days.  Still on the fence about continuing my folding career like others and now I'd actually have to put my full weight behind EVGA to go for the bucks.
 
So many decisions, so little time.

Well hello new tiers!!  Thx EVGA staff for the news and the decision making
 
It's a little higher than I predicted - I figured on giving some little incentive to smaller cards and some older cards still = at 500M was still do-able
at 750 I figured we would lose a few - because they can't make it or barely make it
 
460 at 16k PPD - 480k in 30 days won't make it - add in cpu (16k PPD) - 480k - you make the bottom tier - running full out all month
 
Still for me Im done the tiers in a few days if I crank it.
 
Like I said the incentive should be to upgrade and replace hardware... 5 years of gpus should be only supported - 400,500,600,700,800 series
200 series are EOL - and 400 next year are EOL - due to maxwell refresh
 
Im sure some people will be turfed with it - specially after stanford's muck up
 

I'm barely able to reach 500,000 points per month with my gtx470 and i5-2500k. Are the new video cards really able to get 1.5 million points per month?

Sounds good to me.  My 780 can do 1.5 mil in about 10 days or less like wrinvert said, add in my cpu and it's even faster.  Anyone with one fairly new gpu shouldn't have any trouble hitting this in one month.  The points levels are meant to motivate folding, so they shouldn't be easily attainable by everybody.  When I first started out with team EVGA it took me 20+ days to earn my bucks each month.  That being said they have funded hundreds of dollars worth of hardware I use for folding and gaming.

necessaryevil426
I'm barely able to reach 500,000 points per month with my gtx470 and i5-2500k. Are the new video cards really able to get 1.5 million points per month?

A single 770 classy will do little over little under 100k ppd a day.

Ok thanks for the info xavier. I was looking into getting a 770 but the one with the acx cooler is currently out of stock at the evga store.

Ouch, not even a GTX 480 Hydrocopper + i7 4771 + i7 2600 will do 1.5m a month. 
 
You guys better launch those 880's soon so I can resume getting those eVGA bucks 

Steep increase, don't think my 560 Ti's will be able to keep up when I get my PC back, upgrade time approaches!

I'm not Folding these days, but if I were, my thoughts on Year 7 would be .  I think we all know that EVGA does not have to fund this effort and to continue it is still quite "special" in my book.  It is also one of the reasons that I think so highly of EVGA and the people that work there.  A "class act" for sure.  I do also understand team-mates that have concerns with equipment capability, electrical requirements, etc.  I have those too and Folding is one of the most intense, power-hungry apps you can run on a PC.  Hoping that everyone finds their place with this stuff and where they are comfortable in DC-land too. 

Just picked up a 760 to fold on. With the crappy new wu's I will average 60k PPD, maybe a tad less. Meaning it will be tight, especially if the wu change more. Very sad. I can't afford $400-500 for a 780. This will hurt a lot of budget folders.