Hey everyone, I got a couple of questions.
 
1) If I set-up notification on the EU store for the RTX 3080, does that place me in the list to have a card allocated for purchase at some point?
 
2) If the above is true for the EU store. Being someone that lives in the UK - Can I place the order and have it fulfilled when the notification comes through?
 
Thanks!

the_Scarlet_one
There is no way to pre-order, and I do not believe the notification queue has been implemented for EU at this time. I know that it was said that EVGA EU is experiencing delays due to restructuring a while back, and there is no timeline of when things will be back in full swing. EVGA is working to get the store and everything back online.

Ah I see, I just noticed you could choose to be notified when available on the EU store. It seemed like the US programme for stock notify allocation maybe was implemented now for EU folk like myself. But I suppose that's not the case then. Thanks anyway.

Splash87

DannyR95
Hey everyone, I got a couple of questions.
 
1) If I set-up notification on the EU store for the RTX 3080, does that place me in the list to have a card allocated for purchase at some point?
 
2) If the above is true for the EU store. Being someone that lives in the UK - Can I place the order and have it fulfilled when the notification comes through?
 
Thanks!

EVGA only offers the queue system to US customers.

Many of us have been asking the same, the answer is always; ‘We plan on it but have no ETA’

Furthermore, the supply of EVGA cards inside the EU has been so dramatic that you will most likely be waiting till December/January before you can even place an order for an EVGA card, after the US has been served.

What a big mess this all is huh!

Splash87
Might be for the better in the end. There’s 20GB 3080’s coming out and 8 and 16Gb 3070’s.

The 16GB 3070 is pretty intresting too if you ask me.

I don't see how it's going to be better : 
- 20Gb will be more expensive by easily 200$ for no performance improvement in games
- 20Gb isn't useful for games, almost no game require 10Gb or more (and monitoring software don't divide allocated vram vs used vram, for them even allocated vram is considered used, therefore you could get a 3090 with 24Gb and games showing VRAM usage at 15Gb but in reality only 6 or 8 would be used and the rest would be waiting to be allocated)
- In France 3080 are 1100€ because of inflated prices (3090 are supposed to be 1500€ MSRP just so you know, but they are closer to 1900€ with inflated prices right now) so with inflated prices the 20Gb probably will be the MSRP of a 3090... which is ridiculous since you might as well just wait for prices to be lower and get a 3090 which will give you more performance and more VRAM even than the 3080 20Gb
- More cards to assemble means less 10Gb meaning less stock meaning prices still to the roof and hard to get one since they have to divide their assembly lines to get the variants
- You might not care about 3070 at all, the same way you know you won't need more than 10Gb VRAM on a 3080. I'm looking for 1440p 144Hz (or 120Hz) therefore even if the 3070 has 2080Ti performance, it's not good enough for newer / future AAA games, some recent having trouble already (like RDR2 where even the 3080 can't go over 100fps in 1080p ultra). 
 
The best " waiting " advice you can give is waiting for AMD to try to come close or even beat Nvidia in price / performance. Not that I will get one since I have a GSync panel that doesn't have FreeSync.

Is the EU store working at all or do we have to go to a retailer that charges 2100+ EUR for a 3090 FTW3 Ultra?

DannyR95
Hey everyone, I got a couple of questions.
 
1) If I set-up notification on the EU store for the RTX 3080, does that place me in the list to have a card allocated for purchase at some point?
 
2) If the above is true for the EU store. Being someone that lives in the UK - Can I place the order and have it fulfilled when the notification comes through?
 
Thanks!

EVGA state they'll eventually implement the queue in other regional stores, so I assume, like in the US, the EU store will backdate. I would click on notify if I were you. There's nothing to lose.

While the UK has already exited the EU, the withdrawal agreement establishes a transition period that will last until the end of January, 2021. If you receive a notification and EVGA ship the product before that deadline, it shouldn't affect your order, or even price (import/tariffs in case of no deal) at the time. The 4080 may be very different (better or worse) depending on trade deals.

So my "fear" was well grounded, reading from this thread: I am not in the queue even I hit Notify on the EU website. Don't have that button then I'd say... I even contacted EVGA (of course no reply because retailers and manufacturers see messages containing 3080/3090 as "noise"). This launch is a true s***fest. Thing is, I would not even be close to upset if my current EVGA 1070 FTW was not slowly but surely dying (artifacts here and there, had to undervolt already...). I actually need (still a big word) a new card at this point.

Ooooh that's interesting, thanks for taking the time to specify that!! A little transparency like that from the vendor themselves would be nice though, wouldn't it :) 

I have queued with a retailer in my country (GR) paid deposit etc at some point they said they received 16 cards but they were all pre-sold which is strange because I never got an option from them to pre-buy. Ever since I have been put in an intermittent "wait" list and was also told that should I require another model of the same brand or another AIB card I should have to put separate deposits on each pre-order.
 
Feels like kind of betting numbers on a casino roulette or something. All that being said I do hope that all these issues will be ironed out I mean we re just one month post launch and I feel that as more versions of cards arrive (3070 etc) there will hopefully be some hope for us too. Bad timing for me tbh decided to build a pc amidst corona and all but heres to hoping.
 
P.S. This is my first post so HEY ALL nice to meet you :)