I don't have first hand experience with EVGA warranty service, but have seen they are good at standing behind their products. My opinion on extended warranties in general is that they are a big profit center for companies that offer them and therefore not a good deal from a consumer standpoint. I think with VGA's this even more so, given will you even want the card after the initial 3 year warranty expires?
evga extends the warranty for no extra money. ------- this may be out of date or only for psu's
evga has really fast and good replacement of psu's
I have had 3 psu's replace by them.
so far none of my evga gpu's needed to be replaced.
@op do your evga paperwork if it is free and it is worth it to do.