ty_ger07
The way it works for the standard transferrable warranty is that the warranty starts on the date the product leaves EVGA's warehouse.  If it sits on a mom and pop store's shelf for a year before it sells, that is a year off the warranty that the buyer won't receive.
The purpose of the warranty checker tool, from my understanding, is to provide a way for potential buyers to see the worst case minimum warranty remaining before deciding to buy.  The tool doesn't check if better warranty terms are in affect, or whether the buyer registered it, or whether the buyer purchased an optional extended warranty, or the full product's sale history.  It's just a quick tool to do a quick check of the worst-case scenario.

ty_ger07

comptech27
Since they have 3 yr warranty until registration ...

No they don't necessarily have a full 3 year warranty until registration.  You could buy it brand new with 10 days of warranty remaining.  Or no warranty remaining.  There are too many variables for EVGA's quick and easy tool to give you an accurate value.  Instead, they give you the worst-case value.  I don not think it is a programming quirk.  I think they purposely don't want to give you high hopes and mislead you without them first having and exposing personal details necessary to get the real value.
 
If you need the real value, the best way is to call EVGA.

ty_ger07
The base warranty is 3 years from the time it leaves EVGA, or from an authorized retailer.  If you buy it from EVGA directly, necessarily it will leave EVGA on the same day that the warranty starts.  If you buy it from an authorized retailer, the warranty will start when you buy it.  In those two instances, the warranty will be 3 years remaining indefinitely until you buy it.  The warranty check tool will show 3 years remaining every time you check, in those instances.
 
For all other purchases, even if the product is brand new in box, the warranty started when it left EVGA's warehouse to the unauthorized retailer, and the remaining warranty is 3 years minus however long it sat on the shelf.  Therefore, if you are buying from A-to-Z computers in your home town, using a mom and pop --which EVGA says is one option they are now favoring in their retail channel -- the warranty could be considerably less than 3 years on the first day you open it.
 
I'm not trying to argue with you, just trying to inform you.  Somewhere my text has been ineffective.
 

EVGATech_JaesonW
 
We're going with a more traditional model of selling products through our retail partners and distributors now rather than selling directly from our site, so you'll still be able to find EVGA products at places like Amazon, Newegg, Microcenter, Best Buy, and possibly even your local mom n' pop shop!

 
Additionally, purchases from anywhere other than EVGA or an authorized retailer are not eligible for anything other than the base transferrable warranty.  In other words, if you buy it from A-Z computers and it was on their shelf for 2 months, the warranty will be 2 years 10 months when you buy it, and that is the max you will ever get.  If you register it, still the warranty will be 2 years 10 months.

ty_ger07
You said that you haven't bought it yet.  Therefore it could be normal for the warranty to not count down yet, depending on who the seller is.