I have heard of things like EVGA upgrading an in warranty dead 970 to a 1060 6GB but expecting a new 2021 gpu when your 5850 from 2009 breaks down is ludicrous. LOL I can buy an XFX gpu and never have to do an upgrade ever again.
They upgraded my 980 to a 1070.... i felt sort of wronged, but then i realized price to price, its the same.
They only RMA upgraded a 980ti to a 1080.
But even then, i think the OP is asking for too much.
Even my eVGA classified i had... limited edition... when it died, they looked at me and went.... ummm... repair?
Instead of took a credit which was no where near the amount i paid for the card, but in the end still acceptable for a 5yr old board.
In all honesty, he pretty much went full Karen mode on XFX
Normally this is me on gigabyte and asus.... but in this scenario, i think i would of even accepted it if it was those two.
As they sent him something working back and actually accepted the RMA to begin with.
Maybe i should try sending in my 6800GT (probably the last nvidia cards xfx made) and see if i can get a RMA on those.
