I've decided at this point to not give up just yet. Though I've bought a new card already from a different manufacturer I still feel I'm getting shafted on a made up technicality.

Is it even legal to force registration on a consumer to validate a warranty? (I am in the USA)

Part 2 (showing a response from XFX as well as my response back)

http://forums.sofposse.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=1208:xfx_8600GT_SERIAL_part2.jpg

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