,  I'm Jealous.

Cristiancl
It must be nice to have exclusive access to that DARK motherboard while the whole EVGA Community doesn't have even an ETA on the release date. But it's great that you're enjoying your board pal!

Yea I here ya, but somebody has to do some real world testing and put it through the grinder, haha.

I believe that is a misprint or was printed before the higher cores were released(on the boards support page). It was talked about in another thread that all EVGA's x299 boards will support all x299 cpu's.

EVGA hardware is chosen to be used for another World Record ---> When only the Best will Do  Use EVGA

the_Scarlet_one

Cristiancl
It must be nice to have exclusive access to that DARK motherboard while the whole EVGA Community doesn't have even an ETA on the release date. But it's great that you're enjoying your board pal!

When you are the guy helping build the board,you need access to it... K|ngp|n and T|n design the board... so... yeah.

If you didn't get the idea of my sarcasm, i don't really care if he has the board or not, what i'm trying to say is that EVGA is doing a terrible PR job by keeping everybody out in the dark (pun intended) regarding the release of the x299 boards. It's been months since the announcements, every major manufacturer has already released their products and we don't have even the final specs of the X299 Dark (rumors that Kingpin tweaked the board), much less an ETA on the release date. It could be Q2 2018, who knows? All X299 CPU's have been released... If the DARK MOBO is released in 2018 i don't even think that it is worth it to get it, considering that by H2 2018 Cannonlake will be released.

the_Scarlet_one

Cristiancl


If you didn't get the idea of my sarcasm, i don't really care if he has the board or not, what i'm trying to say is that EVGA is doing a terrible PR job by keeping everybody out in the dark (pun intended) regarding the release of the x299 boards. It's been months since the announcements, every major manufacturer has already released their products and we don't have even the final specs of the X299 Dark (rumors that Kingpin tweaked the board), much less an ETA on the release date. It could be Q2 2018, who knows? All X299 CPU's have been released... If the DARK MOBO is released in 2018 i don't even think that it is worth it to get it, considering that by H2 2018 Cannonlake will be released.

Sorry, but sarcasm rarely transfers in digital lettering.

Also, there has been multiple changes to the dark board, not rumors, as the ram has been moved and all. If you want a rushed and untested board, feel free to grab anything available. This is being tested and refined with a purpose.

EVGA is always quiet every release. This isn’t new

No, i don't want a rushed and untested board, this is why i'm sticking with EVGA, the quality and warranty rules over the competition, but i can't ignore the fact that they could improve PR and be more transparent with the community. It's like when you are in a toxic relationship but you don't want to end it because you love it.

Stevo86

Cristiancl

the_Scarlet_one

Cristiancl


If you didn't get the idea of my sarcasm, i don't really care if he has the board or not, what i'm trying to say is that EVGA is doing a terrible PR job by keeping everybody out in the dark (pun intended) regarding the release of the x299 boards. It's been months since the announcements, every major manufacturer has already released their products and we don't have even the final specs of the X299 Dark (rumors that Kingpin tweaked the board), much less an ETA on the release date. It could be Q2 2018, who knows? All X299 CPU's have been released... If the DARK MOBO is released in 2018 i don't even think that it is worth it to get it, considering that by H2 2018 Cannonlake will be released.

Sorry, but sarcasm rarely transfers in digital lettering.

Also, there has been multiple changes to the dark board, not rumors, as the ram has been moved and all. If you want a rushed and untested board, feel free to grab anything available. This is being tested and refined with a purpose.

EVGA is always quiet every release. This isn’t new

No, i don't want a rushed and untested board, this is why i'm sticking with EVGA, the quality and warranty rules over the competition, but i can't ignore the fact that they could improve PR and be more transparent with the community. It's like when you are in a toxic relationship but you don't want to end it because you love it.

 I think you are in the minority when you complain about transparency and PR being a problem. This board is a flagship and as such needs to go through rigorous testing before being released. If a date is set then it puts a clock on everything which could hinder quality (if it's rushed out) or cause an uproar (if it's late). Patience is the name of the game here and I guarantee if you are patient, you'll be rewarded with one of, if not the, top motherboard built around the X299 chipset. I will be one of the first in line to buy the X299 Dark upon release but until then, my X79 Dark is doing just fine.

Not quite, look around, maybe i'm the only one expressing myself here. EVGA isn't a small player, they're selling their products around the world, they have costumers everywhere, and i can assure you that only a small percentage of it's consumers read the forums. Of those, a smaller percentage posts anything. Of that small user base that uses the forum, take a look at the X299 forum section and read a few posts from the topics from the last few months and you will find many people that are frustrated like me that it's taking too long and even more that there is no ETA. Now look at the bigger picture. If at this small user base we have so many people frustrated, what about all the current and potential customers of EVGA? We can't know for sure since we can't speak with each one of them, but if you look at things statistically... 
 
But if you are taking my posts like i'm bashing the company, please read them again, cause i'm not.
 
And yeah, I agree with you, as i said before rigorous testing isn't the problem. I'm not asking for an exact date since problems may appear along the way and that is ok, but as a good PR move with the community, keeping us on the loop would make the things easier. Or else, why even announce a product that is not even final? They could have announced X299 Micro and X299 FTW K and waited until X299 Dark was ready to launch to be announced, and this whole drama would be spared. Like a possible X299 Classified release in the future shall they decide to release it.
 
Yes i'm being very patient so far and i'll wait until the X299 Dark is released, but i really really hope that the hype and the expectations doesn't make all that wait in vain. I really hope that X299 Dark can beat the Asus Rampage VI Extreme, that so far, with 8 DDR slots is overclocking RAM better and more stable than Rampage VI Apex (also being able to reach 128GB), it has 10GbE Lan, EK Monoblock (with those x299 temp issues, water cooling is a must) and Water Cooling support onboard (Pump control, flow control, 2 temp sensors... etc) and i'm hating myself for even considering an Asus board, but for know it's the best x299 available. So yeah, let's all hope that all that wait EVGA is making us go thru rewards us by dethroning the Rampage Extreme.

Yeah I've been checking EVGA everyday for months, they just fixed it, but only after I wrote that. Oddly they have had the wrong information up for many months, which has stopped many people from buying. 
 
Go figure. 
 
Well good to know it does support 18cores/36 threads. 

EVGA_JacobF
Some new World Records using EVGA Hardware, a new Intel Core i9 7980XE!
 

Will we be seeing a new '3D Eclipse' type of video of this stunning performance?
I mean, I basically can't believe nobody would capture this. 
 
For those who don't know what I refer to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWqQio8_LM

It sure would be cool to be able to actually *buy* that awesome x299 dark motherboard... ;-)

 
What's up with the extra SLI slapperoonies on the top edge of the circuit board nearer the rear of card?
20-way SLI coming up? Serial SLI? Being able to make a superdupercomputer using a stack of Nvidia graphics cards?
Curious.

I hope that if a Z399 board is being designed for Basin Falls, Skylake X 9th Gen Soldered CPUs that you keep the VRM Fans and include more Gold Content in the CPU Socket with an 18 Phase VRM (16 CPU + 2 Memory).
 
I know you cannot confirm the existence of a Z399 Dark Motherboard, but with only a month from the new Z399 Motherboards, I hope you keep the VRM Fans from the X299 Dark that's everyone's favorite feature.
 
Just thought I would post my suggestion.