Question about "Lifetime Warranty" on GPU's

I've been wondering this for a while now, and now I am anxious to see if anyone has any experience with this.

I purchased an EVGA 8800 GTS 640mb card about 2 years ago. Part of my reason for going with EVGA was the Lifetime Warranty (I didn't read the fine print; does "Lifetime" = 5 years?). I've already taken advantage of the warranty once when my original card went out on me last year. I paid EVGA the extra $10 or something for the rapid RMA where they send me a new one (a remanufactured one) simultaneously to me filing the RMA and returning the defective card.

I was just wondering, what happens if this card breaks 5 years from now. Is there a point in time where the warranty expires? Will they be remanufacturing 8800's for the next 7 years to replace ones that are dying? Will they reach a point where they decide to send me a newer generation graphics card? Obviusly they didn't intend on me really using the same GPU for the next 20 years, is this what they are counting on?

 

EVGA is pretty good with warranties, but I don't know if they apply on RMAed cards. However, lifetime is lifetime for how long you own the card - if it breaks 30 years from now and they are still around, they will replace it with something comparable.

 

This is desktop a video card, so I suggest you post in www.desktopreview.com. To answer your question, I think EVGA will give you a card of same or greater value if your old one breaks, and is not manufactured any more.

 

Since the desktop forum on NBR is closed, please start a discussion over at desktopreview.com(registration is a breeze and your account may already be there).