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Message: [QUOTE="Shamiso, post: 92434, member: 160"] Sapphire says its NITRO+ RX 9070 XT Valor Mortis Edition includes the game, with redemption handled through AMDRewards.com rather than a code typed straight into Steam. The awkward bit is that Sapphire has not published the promotion dates, regional rules, retailer list, or redemption deadline for this specific bundle yet. AMD Rewards still expects a coupon code before anything useful happens. The portal is built around buying an eligible product, receiving a code, signing into an AMD Rewards account, and registering the hardware tied to the offer. For the [B][URL='https://goldmidi.com/community/threads/sapphire-has-themed-nitro-rx-9070-xt-for-immortal-legacy.77760/']Sapphire Valor Mortis RX 9070 XT bundle[/URL][/B], Sapphire confirms the free game and the AMD Rewards destination, but it does not currently explain whether every box carries a physical code or whether some sellers will deliver it separately. Keep the receipt either way. AMD Rewards has a proof-of-purchase route that asks for the retailer, purchase date, country or region, hardware details, coupon code, and an official receipt. Losing the receipt because the card is already installed is the kind of tiny decision that becomes annoying only when verification decides to throw a tantrum. [HEADING=2]The coupon code comes before hardware verification[/HEADING] The normal AMD flow starts with your Rewards account and the coupon supplied for the promotion. After you enter the code, AMD may ask you to run its Product Verification Tool, usually called PVT, on the Windows PC containing the qualifying AMD hardware. The tool exists to check that the product attached to the promotion is actually installed. You cannot safely assume a screenshot of the order or the serial number on the box replaces that step. AMD’s current bundle instructions tell buyers to install the eligible product before redemption and run PVT when prompted. If the tool cannot see the card even though Windows can, the sensible move is support rather than repeatedly burning time reinstalling random drivers. The idea is not especially exotic. [B][URL='https://patents.google.com/patent/US8423473B2/en']Game activation systems that verify usage rights[/URL][/B] have been around for years, with remote services checking whether a user or device is entitled to activate software. AMD adds a hardware check because the game is being given away for buying particular processors or graphics cards, not simply for possessing a text string somebody forwarded in Discord. [HEADING=2]Missing codes and failed verification are different problems[/HEADING] A missing coupon is mainly a seller problem. AMD’s standing Rewards guidance says participating retailers distribute promotional codes, and AMD does not simply generate a replacement because a buyer says one never arrived. Sapphire’s wording for this card says Valor Mortis is included in the box, though the product page stops short of showing exactly what the code packaging looks like. A code that works but fails hardware verification is a different mess. AMD Rewards support can ask for proof of purchase when an eligible product is installed, but PVT will not complete verification. Save the full retailer receipt rather than only the order-confirmation screen, and keep the card’s packaging until the reward is safely attached to your account. Steam is another place where people can get ahead of themselves. AMD Rewards supports account-based activation for games, and its current Steam flow can ask you to sign into Steam during activation, but Sapphire has not yet published Valor Mortis-specific redemption terms naming the final delivery method. Calling the included copy a guaranteed loose Steam key is more specific than the official information currently allows. [HEADING=2]The deadline matters more than the game launch date[/HEADING] Valor Mortis is scheduled for October 13, 2026, but the game’s release date and an AMD coupon’s redemption deadline are two separate clocks. Current AMD campaigns publish their own purchase windows and code deadlines. Sapphire has not posted those dates for the Valor Mortis Edition yet, so there is no verified deadline worth inventing. Do not leave the coupon sitting in the box for months just because the game has not launched. Sapphire’s other current AMD Rewards promotions explicitly warn that a game may not activate until its publisher releases it, while the coupon itself still has a separate redemption period. Registering the reward early and playing it later are perfectly compatible steps when the campaign allows it. The clean process is to keep the receipt, locate the supplied coupon, create or sign into AMD Rewards, enter the code, run hardware verification if prompted, and attach the game to the account path AMD presents. If the code is absent, chase the seller. If verification fails after the RX 9070 XT is installed, use AMD Rewards support with the receipt ready. The one thing not worth doing is guessing the Valor Mortis deadline or activation platform before Sapphire or AMD posts the actual promotion terms. [/QUOTE]

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