EVGA GTX 1080 FTW International Warranty

[Jenish_J]

I live in India and I'm planning to buy GTX 1080 FTW through my cousin in USA. I'll get the GPU next month when he comes to India. Does EVGA give international warranty? If I encounter any problem in the card, should I ship it back to USA at my cost? Can someone shed some light on this?

 

[JackNaylorPE]

There already is a problem with the card. Units manufactured since late November have a fix, but there are units still out there sitting on store / warehouse shelves with the issue.

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/54774/evga-geforce-gtx-1080-ftw-catches-fire-video/index.html

As for legal obligations of sellers, I can not advise you other than if your cousin buys the card, I doubt the warranty will be transferable. Contact EVGA customer service and tell them your cousin bought you the card for [insert occasion here] and ask ... anything we tell you will not be legally binding; an e-mail from EVGA would be.

Gotta ask, why not buy locally ? Do you save that much money ?

 

[Jenish_J]

There already is a problem with the card. Units manufactured since late November have a fix, but there are units still out there sitting on store / warehouse shelves with the issue.

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/54774/evga-geforce-gtx-1080-ftw-catches-fire-video/index.html

As for legal obligations of sellers, I can not advise you other than if your cousin buys the card, I doubt the warranty will be transferable. Contact EVGA customer service and tell them your cousin bought you the card for [insert occasion here] and ask ... anything we tell you will not be legally binding; an e-mail from EVGA would be.

Gotta ask, why not buy locally ? Do you save that much money ?

EVGA is not available in India and moreover GTX 1080 GPU costs $900 here.

 

[greens]

The GPU does not cost that much.
India's tax on imported tech cost that much.
Pay your government the taxes they require, OR buy a locally made GTX 1080 (not sure if they even exist but that is the whole idea)

The thermal runaway problem is easily fixed, you just need to add thermal padding to a few places. Which is ideal anyway because manufactuers don't exactly tighten their coolers to spec or use the highest quality thermal interface materials.

Either way, if i remember correctly you'd have to ship it to Brea CA, and i don't think EVGA is going to help you with getting it there. Nor are they going to be pleased to send it back to you. If EVGA isn't even in India indirectly - I would bet that they don't even have a means to ship it to you at all.