if i buy an rtx 2080 today from amazon, could i step up with it? 

SlamBulkhead

robotxander
Still with German customs, and getting sent back to me on Friday at this rate.

Oof, that sucks. Which courier did you send it with? I opted for DHL and while filling in all the customs info was a nightmare, I dropped it at a depot on the 27th and it arrived at EVGA this morning. Slower than the "2 day" service offered but at least it got there.

It arrived with EVGA today. Shipped to them on 10th October, arrived on 3rd November.

Comms from EVGA have been fantastic. The delay was likely caused by me not using the appropriate shipping and declaration forms.
Glad it's finally arrived

Was hoping my step up would have been sent out by now :) I don't think my integrated graphics can take much more :)

Has anyone had to deal with tax/customs charges before sending the card back to Germany? I've gone through the entire process and onto step 4 and I'm either being charged £100 to ship or at least £114 for customs charges. Not EVGA's fault but this makes the whole step up for me pointless and prohibitive. no way can I justify an extra £200 (or more potentially) on top of what I've already paid as the difference between cards.
 
Any help or advice would be appreciated.

I have some info regarding a finished step up from Italy. There was no added taxes or fees other than the price difference for the step up, which was ~240 euro.
From a 2070 Super XC to a 3070 FTW3 Ultra.
 
Step 1: 14:01 06/11/2020
Step 3: 23/11/2021
 
Card sent on the 29/11/2021
Card received on the 8/12/2021
 

Nasbor5

if i buy an rtx 2080 today from amazon, could i step up with it? 

Both the card I just wrote about above, and my own step up, were from cards bought from Amazon.
Unless something changed, I don't see why it wouldn't work. How long the queue would be, is a different matter.
 
 

Anyone here with a recent succesful step-up experience? Just wondering what the situation is atm.

Waiting since November 2021 (to step up to 3070ti), no 2nd step e-mail yet and i confirmed with customer support that theres no issues with my step up registration.
Seems like there are a lot of requests for them to handle