kuba-pl
Any news about when will those cards be released for retail in Europe?
 
I'm building a new PC and graphic card is the last thing I haven't bought yet. I was wondering what would be the faster way to get it. Buying an older EVGA card and using step-up program or waiting for the card to be released for retail? I'd appreciate any info.
 
MrYuriy, sign ups for email notifications are closed. Step-up program is open. EVGA guy explained it in post #244 in this thread.

I don't have an answer for you but I will try to see if I can get you an answer.

1 of my 2 cards ended up being bad.  EVGA is being quite accomodating about it and cross shipping me a replacement but still a bummer after waiting like 10 days to end up with a bad card.  The bad card was causing the system to fully shut down immediately once it began using more than 3GB of video memory.  At lower resolutions it was ok, but @ 1440p or 4k it'd crash the system every time (full PC shut-down).  Seemed like a possible power issue so I spent time swapping out supplies, swapping card positions on the board, checking temps, etc.  Eventually I tried 1 card at a time, and when playing at those higher resolutions, the 2nd card I received would always hard-shut down the PC.
 
So now we wait again... lol.

rjohnson11
 
I don't have an answer for you but I will try to see if I can get you an answer.

That would be great. Thank you!

@Evga
When will you realease GTX780 6Gb SC for retail ? I see that some people over here already recived thier GPUs.

Legeon
They're open, what you're looking at is the email notifications. You're supposed to go to your product page, click on "view details", and you'll be able to step up there. If you're from Europe, you will be prompted to first sign in the EU EVGA website before you can see how many days you have left.
 
I hope they will announce a reference design 6GB GTX 780 soon.

Ohh, okay! That's slightly missleading, haha. I even re-read the whole thing 2-3 times. That big red box with "signups closed" should probably either get taken down or at least not emphasized as much. Unless I'm alone with my logic!
 
Anyways, thank you everyone for your help - Especially you, Legeon.

Any word on when these are going to drop? Just sent out my 3gb 780 for a step up to the 6gb and would like to get a 2nd card for SLI.

Just bought my 780 less than a month ago and the step-up option under details (after uploading invoice from NewEgg and all that jazz) said that my card didn't qualify for step-up... seems like those of us that bought them so soon before the 6GB release should be the most qualified...

Anybody know what's up with that?

jakedubbleya
Just bought my 780 less than a month ago and the step-up option under details (after uploading invoice from NewEgg and all that jazz) said that my card didn't qualify for step-up... seems like those of us that bought them so soon before the 6GB release should be the most qualified...

Anybody know what's up with that?

sounds to me like you did not register your card on EVGA within the 14 day period after you purchased the card. In order to qualify, you would need to purchase extended warranty before the 90 day period to get extended warranty ends.

Yup, just registered it today about 25 days after purchase. Dang. Still well within the 90 day window but I guess that's of no concern :)
 
This kinda sucks, oh well. Wish I'd have looked in to that earlier.

jakedubbleya
Yup, just registered it today about 25 days after purchase. Dang. Still well within the 90 day window but I guess that's of no concern :)
 
This kinda sucks, oh well. Wish I'd have looked in to that earlier.

If your product has a 3 year warranty purchased on or after 1/1/11 and registered after 14 days of the original purchase date you must also purchase an extended warranty in order to be qualified for the step-up program.
 
 
http://www.evga.com/support/stepup/