Gigabyte 970 -> 980 upgrade program?

TensE · March 11, 2015

Seen here and here some people got email from Gigabyte regarding an option to upgrade their 970s to 980s for some sum of money. They require you to send them all the information about your graphics card (S/N, BIOS ver, model No, etc) to get a quote at exactly how much the upgrade will cost as far as I understand. The reddit thread is saying that this is US only and possibly Canada. Has anyone had any experience with this? Is it worth it?

FloRolf · March 11, 2015

i have a gigabyte card, no email and german. No idea ^^

TensE · March 11, 2015

i have a gigabyte card, no email and german. No idea ^^

I didn't get an email but I think it all depends on where you buy it from

xboxonthego3 · March 11, 2015

Bought mine from Amazon. No email. I read thru quite a number of posts on the first link. It appears to be hit and miss. And if it does happen it takes a while and the upgrade appears to be around $220 to $250. Doesn't appear to be worth the time and effort.