How does the step up program work? Does it have to be new cards? Can it be cards from anywhere (e.g. ebay) or must be from an official retailer, etc? And do you need original receipt? Thanks
You need the original receipt. It has to be registered within 14 days unless you extend the warranty. It needs to be registered to you.
https://www.evga.com/support/stepup/
- Register your qualifying 3 Year Warranty product purchased new from an authorized reseller within 14 daysof your original purchase date.
- If you should happen to miss your 14-day registration window on your qualifying 3 Year Warranty product, then you will need to purchase an extended warranty within 90 days of your original purchase date to enable the Step-Up option.
- Your Extended Warranty and Advanced RMA (EAR) purchases now transfer to your new Step-Up product.
- The EVGA Step-Up program is currently only available to residents of the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, and EU Countries.
- EVGA Step-Up products (e.g. the product you want to Step-Up to) are limited to one part number, per person, per household.
- This means that if you (or someone in your household) Step-Up a registered product to an EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA (10G-P5-3897-KR), you may not Step-Up a second registered product to an EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3 ULTRA (10G-P5-3897-KR). However, if EVGA later offers a different GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card within your 90-day window, such as the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 ULTRA (10G-P5-3885-KR), you may Step-Up to that product.