Tooth
Systom
I already had an FTW and I got rid of the FTW because there's still no ETA for the kit, could be a month or two, and then having to deal with trying to get one on the first wave, if you're willing to wait THAT long, you'd might as well just wait for the 1080ti or whatever is coming next--not to mention paying more overall.
The wait is getting waaaaaaaay too long for this cards release, I DEEPLY regret not buying gigabyte's waterforce the multiple times I had the chance just because of my loyalty to EVGA, DEEPLY after this error nonsense.
I feel your pain, I really do. All of us posting here really wanted the best EVGA has to offer. When patience runs out, then you grab the next best thing. 2 month of trying to grab the next best thing was the same story being told over and over. 30 come in at X, gone in seconds. Then wait 2-3 weeks, another 10-20 come in, gone in seconds. Sign up for email notify, what a joke. By the time you read the email, another 30 was gone hours ago. This process didnt happen one time, or 2, but watching availability daily for 2 months wears on you. I gave in, but very glad of my decision other than a "EVGA".
Dont let the frustration get to you on the EVGA Hybrid. I see another 2,000 lurkers at my post that have not signed into EVGA today. EVGA will not have exceptions to the few that signed in here, you have 50X waiting outside this forum. IF EVGA is just now having a few available, you know they didnt build up any supply at all. Same story for all these new card. Get a few in, gone in seconds.
You have 3 choices: 1-track it daily and hope you get lucky. 2-wait another month, maybe supply will be better. 3-screw it, grab something else you like.
I feel your pain, it hurt me for over 2 months!! I hope you are one of the lucky few :)
Believe me, this will be hit and miss for many days to come, weeks, or even months.
I have been tracking it daily, and at that specific time, I was F5ing the page, I saw that orange button turn dark green instantly before I even saw any other updates from anywhere else. There's no way, I should have been able to preorder one had it not been for that error. For whatever reason, I was not being given the option to select shipping at all, that page just didn't load no matter what I did in two different browsers.
See, that's not what pisses me off, if I just flat out missed it due to times or I was too late to the party, then FINE, but this was not the case, I don't buy it. Then I come to the forum to find out if it was just a fluke with the error, then some people are saying they got it, and even more shockingly, other people are reporting the exact same error that I saw.
So my question is, is EVGA just gonna shrug their shoulders at this and ignore the little man, the company who's notorious for great support? If this were someone like JayzTwoCents (let's say he didn't get review copies) would he get an explanation at least? What you see is what you get?
If EVGA does not support the little man, the people who all ran into this error with at least an explanation of some sort, then I'll stop supporting them from here on out as far as GPU's go. I've been buying EVGA cards since 500 series, countless recommendations to a lot of people over the years, countless times putting EVGA cards into a lot of peoples builds, but no more.
To those that did get one, just because you got one, doesn't mean you should gloss over this as well, be weary, 'cause one day, this could be you and this is the type of "support" you'll get.