paulmaddy1
If i bought a 1000g2 psu from EVGA with discount it would cost me 230 euro, in a shop it cost 180 euro, not sure where the nice bit is, anyway im only giving my opinion, there's no need to jump out of your pram, i just think they should of done the promation until the shroud went retail on the cards, isnt thats what a serial number is for to count for how many they need for the promo, and then you bring up Asus , there QC and RMA are shocking. And yes you do hear people complain, but would you want a PCI-E card taking up room, i know i wouldnt. The discount is that you won't have to buy a brand new card just to get the new shroud, not sure what you mean't by that, i still had to buy the shroud.

You purchased the shroud, be happy that you didn't have to buy a brand new card just to get the new shroud. If that would have been the case, you would have lost money trying to sell the old card just to get the new shroud on a new card.

This is an accessory. You are buying the performance of the hybrid, and since it was compared to the MSI Seahawk card, the hybrid performs at significatly lower temps.

And yes, I would like to have the usb 3.1, even as a pci card, so that I don't have to spend another $450 on a new motherboard just to get that feature. It makes much more sense than buying a new board just for an accessory.

Mine is running very quiet as after I installed it I lay the case at a angle for a wee while to get any air out of the loop and away from the pump,so if anybody has noise it could be trapped air.

Scarlet-Tech
A promotion is just that. The promotion was live for quite some time. Everyone knew it was a limited time, just like any promotion, and knew there was a chance of missing it.

Just like games. Watch when people buy a game and realize the promotion ended before they got the video card, first thing they do is complain they didn't get in on the promotion.

Watch people that purchase the card before a promotion, first thing they do is complain that they didn't get in on the promotion.

If you are basing decisions off of a promotion, you are already making a choice that may not pay off in the end, because you are gambling.

Where did you purchase the shroud from for 77eu? Was it directly from evga's website?

 
Yes. from eu.evga.com
 
27.9€
x2
=55.8€
+21€ (Ups delivery)
=76.8€
 
Plus I have to pay 25% tax
So total for 2x covers ink shipping and tax  96€

k.enger
Yes. from eu.evga.com
 
27.9€
x2
=55.8€
+21€ (Ups delivery)
=76.8€
 
Plus I have to pay 25% tax
So total for 2x covers ink shipping and tax  96€

Previously you said you bought "it" for 77€ not them, so you made it sound like one for 77, not 2 with shipping.

Shipping costs a lot in Eu, that is known. The tax is something that I have yet to understand how it applies and when it applies.

So, you bought two of them for normal price which is not uncommon. Everyone that misses game promotion and say rhat bought a specific video card just for that promotion do the same thing every single day. Promotions don't last forever, so no company can be held to them. Yes, it was an incentive to those whom had already purchased the cards and those that caught them as the promotion was on going, but again,promotions don't last forever, hence why they are promotions.

The new shrouds will eventually make it onto the production versions, but just like the people that purchase reference cooler cards and want the ACX versions, until they are available, that can't be changed and they have to buy what they want separate.

Evga even made a few exceptions to the ones that got their cards the day that the promotion ended. They go above and beyond with many people, which is better than any other company can say in the least.

Scarlet-Tech

k.enger
Yes. from eu.evga.com
 
27.9€
x2
=55.8€
+21€ (Ups delivery)
=76.8€
 
Plus I have to pay 25% tax
So total for 2x covers ink shipping and tax  96€

Previously you said you bought "it" for 77€ not them, so you made it sound like one for 77, not 2 with shipping.

Shipping costs a lot in Eu, that is known. The tax is something that I have yet to understand how it applies and when it applies.

So, you bought two of them for normal price which is not uncommon. Everyone that misses game promotion and say rhat bought a specific video card just for that promotion do the same thing every single day. Promotions don't last forever, so no company can be held to them. Yes, it was an incentive to those whom had already purchased the cards and those that caught them as the promotion was on going, but again,promotions don't last forever, hence why they are promotions.

The new shrouds will eventually make it onto the production versions, but just like the people that purchase reference cooler cards and want the ACX versions, until they are available, that can't be changed and they have to buy what they want separate.

Evga even made a few exceptions to the ones that got their cards the day that the promotion ended. They go above and beyond with many people, which is better than any other company can say in the least.

I understand all this!
but I think it was too expensive, it was my whole point! I understand why people complain a little.
is it difficult to understand?

The shroud is now up on the US site for auto notify.

Stock next week.

Scarlet-Tech

paulmaddy1
If i bought a 1000g2 psu from EVGA with discount it would cost me 230 euro, in a shop it cost 180 euro, not sure where the nice bit is, anyway im only giving my opinion, there's no need to jump out of your pram, i just think they should of done the promation until the shroud went retail on the cards, isnt thats what a serial number is for to count for how many they need for the promo, and then you bring up Asus , there QC and RMA are shocking. And yes you do hear people complain, but would you want a PCI-E card taking up room, i know i wouldnt. The discount is that you won't have to buy a brand new card just to get the new shroud, not sure what you mean't by that, i still had to buy the shroud.

You purchased the shroud, be happy that you didn't have to buy a brand new card just to get the new shroud. If that would have been the case, you would have lost money trying to sell the old card just to get the new shroud on a new card.

This is an accessory. You are buying the performance of the hybrid, and since it was compared to the MSI Seahawk card, the hybrid performs at significatly lower temps.

And yes, I would like to have the usb 3.1, even as a pci card, so that I don't have to spend another $450 on a new motherboard just to get that feature. It makes much more sense than buying a new board just for an accessory.

So you would be annoyed if you didnt get the usb 3.1 card then. Plus i wouldnt be moaning if they just charged everyone in the first place, anyway dont matter, i suppose you wouldnt know what thermal paste they use on the heatsink, and is it worth changing over to something different like Thermal Grizzly. :)

I hope there's not a limit of one per household.

paulmaddy1
So you would be annoyed if you didnt get the usb 3.1 card then. Plus i wouldnt be moaning if they just charged everyone in the first place, anyway dont matter, i suppose you wouldnt know what thermal paste they use on the heatsink, and is it worth changing over to something different like Thermal Grizzly. :)

No, I am not disappointed in the lack of usb 3.1. When I purchased the board, 3.1 wasn't a thing so it didn't matter. I never get upset when something new it released, as this is an ever changed world of electronics, and next week someone will release a better version of something we just purchased, and I have no time or care to worry myself about silly things that happen like that.

As for the thermal paste, I am not sure what they use, but I haven't heard anything bad about it as of yet. Evga usually uses a good thermal paste, although I am not a fan of the application that is used with regular heatsinks.

It is super easy to change if you chose to change it, and use your favorite brand (as long as it is non capacitive and non conductive). I am partial to Artic MX-4 myself, because I have used it for nearly 3 years without a single easy and it has never dried out on me.