ypsylon
Also in the same wagon. With the difference, that I still wait for my FTW to arrive (returning is not an option considering cross-border S&H). As I got very good price on it decided to pull the trigger. And now this... For now card will be just gathering dust anyway as it is for new build and only will test for 30 seconds if it works at all. 
 
Worst part is that not all cards are eligible for step-up program. At least not in Europe where EVGA doesn't list FTW series to be 'step-up possible'. If true then I will consider a SLI setup, first time in my life. Considering that "normal" 1080 got serious price cut, which I'm hoping will transfer into pricing in Europe. 
 
I really feel like an sucker-punched idiot with this nVidia release. Expected Ti to be in the region of 900-1000$ not as 'cheap' as ordinary 1080. WTH?! Darn you green behemoth.

The only ftw to be on step list that i can remember, was the 970ftw+, and that was a very special circumstance. Typically, only the base model card is on the list. The FTW only has RGB over the reference cards. It has been proves for many generation that the reference card can run nearly the exact same clocks, and typically can be overclocked to perform the same as 99% of FTW's. The reference cards are not a bad purchase.

I've never claimed that reference cards are bad (I have GTX690 after all which is like modern Titan reference only). But modern PSUs have stacks of  8-pin cables which do absolutely nothing, reference is not that great alternative with only 1 8 PEG connector. And I never bother with OC of GPU anyway so 100 or 200 MHz from factory is nice bonus. ... And card arrived like hour ago.
 
I decided to just ignore Ti and probably SLI (at least for now). I would run into some serious issues with my Sonnet Tempo cards - had to cut PCB of the cards or trim the shroud on Bitspower waterblock - as I need basically all slots in between for something and SLI is only an option on first and last, but last PCI-e with front I/O cables could be iffy even with waterblock, need further inspection.

I am skeptical they will offer a step-up on the 1080ti---  are they really going to give a card away for free?  there weren't rebates for the most part,most people paid $699 (maybe saved $30)  but the new Ti is $699....  are they really going to let every EVGA 1080 card buyer in the past 90 days get a free upgrade?    would be awesome, I'm hoping, but not sure that's going to work for them business wise.
 
Lets see - they need to make an announcement soon though, otherwise it could get out of hand for some current customers.

kring
I am skeptical they will offer a step-up on the 1080ti---  are they really going to give a card away for free?  there weren't rebates for the most part,most people paid $699 (maybe saved $30)  but the new Ti is $699....  are they really going to let every EVGA 1080 card buyer in the past 90 days get a free upgrade?    would be awesome, I'm hoping, but not sure that's going to work for them business wise.
 
Lets see - they need to make an announcement soon though, otherwise it could get out of hand for some current customers.

You realize not everyone has a 1080 right? So people could step-up from a 1070/1060/1050 to the 1080Ti.

that's the risk EVGA takes when offering this option.
 
I think they realize that they take a hit on this program most of the time

kring

jonahan
 
You realize not everyone has a 1080 right? So people could step-up from a 1070/1060/1050 to the 1080Ti.

Of course, I realize that - but still doesn't change the 1080 folks and the position on the net zero costs to upgrade.  I could see them delaying 120 days or so before offering the step-up... that flushes all existing $699 buyers and then they are looking at $150 cash intake for step-ups.  They would cite "high demand" as the reason they can't offer a step-up.
 
I'm just skeptical on this happening - I've been EVGA customer for 15+ years, probably spent $10K worth of their products and have used step-ups 4x.  offering a Ti stepup for me would really solidify my commitment to them because it means they are doing step-ups for their customers interests and not just as a means to get more money.

Honestly the way this would work, I would assume its pay $100 to do the upgrade. They credit you the new REDUCED MSRP price of $550 and then you have to pay the remaining amount of $150. So in this hypothetical example, the out of pocket cost would be:
 
GTX 1080 SC ACX 3.0 -----> ICX Upgrade ($100) ----> Credit for 550 ------> Step Up to TI ($150) 
Total out of pocket cost, $250. This doesn't include the shipping you initially have to pay to ship your card back for the ICX upgrade ($20) and the latter shipping charge so ship your ICX back for a TI.
 
All in all, you're looking at about 300 to get those 30-40% gains. Pretty steep tbh.

iambert
 
Honestly the way this would work, I would assume its pay $100 to do the upgrade. They credit you the new REDUCED MSRP price of $550 and then you have to pay the remaining amount of $150. So in this hypothetical example, the out of pocket cost would be:
 
GTX 1080 SC ACX 3.0 -----> ICX Upgrade ($100) ----> Credit for 550 ------> Step Up to TI ($150) 
Total out of pocket cost, $250. This doesn't include the shipping you initially have to pay to ship your card back for the ICX upgrade ($20) and the latter shipping charge so ship your ICX back for a TI.
 
All in all, you're looking at about 300 to get those 30-40% gains. Pretty steep tbh.

That's what I was thinking if they do offer it... they won't give you $699 credit for your GTX1080, they will give you the $550 it's valued at today... so for those that don't do the ICX e.g. FE version... it would be a $150 cost.  but if they will give $700 credit... sweet!

The current retail for iCX cards hasn't changed and I don't see EVGA being callous about it. The Founders edition lost the price premium which might or might not drive the prices for other cards down. Certainly there will be a rash of rebate programs soon given how good the price to performance ratio is. It's just a question of what is offered for the step up. I could see a special step up option for FTW cards to FTW cards. At least I'll hold out hope for it. I just sent my card back on Tuesday and I expect any step up queue to be long indeed.

damstr

shadowboricua
From reading the Step-up information, they use the price on the receipt you submitted minus any rebates you claimed.

Paid $679.99 for my 1080 FTW Hybrid. Think I am going to go for an FE off the bat and then get a Hybrid kit later on. I've gotten use to a quite rig. 
 
I have 49 days left on my step up so hopefully EVGA gets it up before then. 

Lol, mine must have been the next one off of the Newegg shelves.  I am at 52 days with the same exact card.  Id EVGA is worried about taking a hit with a (nearly) straight up swap to the 1080ti founders card, I'll happily pay a bit more to go with a 1080ti hybrid.  The alternative is to wait for deep cuts on the B-stock 1080 cards people return for the the 1080ti and SLI with one of them.  But I have a feeling I will be waiting for my a few weeks and then deciding which route to go.  Also curious how low the resale on the used 1080's goes. 
I was talking/warning a seller about holding a 1080 in stock on ebay last week.  I told him that the 1080ti was coming and the 1080 price was going to take a beating.  I had no idea that this pricing structure and incremental upgrade would happen.
 
I mean there is obviously a few copmlications for people who recently got their cards, but on the whole this is a huge win for enthusiasts to have this sort of tech with the new pricing.  Intel should have made the same sort of cuts on X99 stuff in January when AMD was debuting their AM4 stuff.  It definitely would have deflated the hype a bit. 

iambert

kring

jonahan
 
You realize not everyone has a 1080 right? So people could step-up from a 1070/1060/1050 to the 1080Ti.

Of course, I realize that - but still doesn't change the 1080 folks and the position on the net zero costs to upgrade.  I could see them delaying 120 days or so before offering the step-up... that flushes all existing $699 buyers and then they are looking at $150 cash intake for step-ups.  They would cite "high demand" as the reason they can't offer a step-up.
 
I'm just skeptical on this happening - I've been EVGA customer for 15+ years, probably spent $10K worth of their products and have used step-ups 4x.  offering a Ti stepup for me would really solidify my commitment to them because it means they are doing step-ups for their customers interests and not just as a means to get more money.

Honestly the way this would work, I would assume its pay $100 to do the upgrade. They credit you the new REDUCED MSRP price of $550 and then you have to pay the remaining amount of $150. So in this hypothetical example, the out of pocket cost would be:
 
GTX 1080 SC ACX 3.0 -----> ICX Upgrade ($100) ----> Credit for 550 ------> Step Up to TI ($150) 
Total out of pocket cost, $250. This doesn't include the shipping you initially have to pay to ship your card back for the ICX upgrade ($20) and the latter shipping charge so ship your ICX back for a TI.
 
All in all, you're looking at about 300 to get those 30-40% gains. Pretty steep tbh.

I believe this is wrong. They credit you whatever you paid minus taxes, rebates and shipping. So I paid $679.99 for my 1080 Hybrid therefore I will get that amounted credited towards a step up. I will pay the difference $30 (1080Ti FE), shipping both ways $30ish I think? and taxes which is $41.

Of course I will be downgrading in my cooking solution but getting 35% better performance for around $100ish.

mjfenix
Can somebody please help explain their "registering" part?
 
I have a receipt from Fry's dating 1/12/17. 
 
I purchased a 1080 GTX FTW on that date. I used a gift certificate ($534) and the rest on my Fry's card totalling $750.
 
I haven't "registered" anything or filled out any warranty information yet, but I can. Does this mean I'm eligible for the program, or since I didn't fill out information within the first 14 days, I'm screwed? 
 
Thanks!

https://www.evga.com/support/register.asp

You are past the 14 day window, so you would have to look at the extended warranty options as required per https://www.evga.com/support/stepup/. Read through the entire page, it explains everything fairly well.

Scarlet-Tech

mjfenix
Can somebody please help explain their "registering" part?
 
I have a receipt from Fry's dating 1/12/17. 
 
I purchased a 1080 GTX FTW on that date. I used a gift certificate ($534) and the rest on my Fry's card totalling $750.
 
I haven't "registered" anything or filled out any warranty information yet, but I can. Does this mean I'm eligible for the program, or since I didn't fill out information within the first 14 days, I'm screwed? 
 
Thanks!

 




You are past the 14 day window, so you would have to look at the extended warranty options as required per Read through the entire page, it explains everything fairly well.

Ah I missed that line! Thank you !

Scarlet-Tech

crazyg0od33
 
yeah but they're including the iCX upgrade for $99, and then the fact that EVGA will probably base the difference in cost off of the newly reduced 1080 value.
 
You have a completely diff. situation since you bought your card recently instead of doing the iCX upgrade...

Step up says it is based off the price paid. So, even if prices reduce, you would still be able to use the original price. EVGA has never backed out of that in the past, and shorted people because of nvidia changing the prices later in the cards life cycle. Hopefully EVGA provides the excellent service they have for many years.

Oh yeah for sure 100% I'm hoping that they honor the price at the time of upgrading ($650 for me).
 
But you never know, so calculating out the worst possible scenario would make the other comment correct in their case.
 
If the step up would cost me $50 it'd be an instant buy for me

Cozmo85
Would be nice if people still waiting on their ICX upgrade could go straight to 1080ti rather than getting an icx then immediately doing a step up to a 1080

yes, yes it would.  I wanted this to happen as well to save on shipping :/
 
 

Doesnt it also state in stepup program you can only step up a card once? So if you stepup to ICX your not eligible to then step that card up to 1080ti?