ramshambo2001
 OMG Sweet! Been waiting forever!

Same. Even created a notification spreadsheet for people to fill out, but it looks like it is not needed atm. Feel free to add your details if you'd like.

https://docs.google.com/s...bW4E/edit?usp=drivesdk

Man, was there right when this dropped but it was an instant! Reminded me of 3080 launch day haha.

So I have an O11d and I've been recognizing space limitations with some of the larger cards. Will the FTW3 hybrid / hydrocopper have better clearance against the glass? Thanks!

Would this be an ok device to use for vertical mounting? https://www.amazon.com/Phanteks-PH-VGPUKT_02-Universal-Vertical-Pci/dp/B07MW73HTJ
 
thanks in advance for the help!

phillg22
So I have an O11d and I've been recognizing space limitations with some of the larger cards. Will the FTW3 hybrid / hydrocopper have better clearance against the glass? Thanks!

I have the 2080ti FTW3 with a water block on it and, honestly, you're gonna want to vertically mount it if possible. I have about < 1/2 inch clearance (1cm)

I want to get the 3080 HC but with the rumors of the Ti, I figure I can do the step up program. But here is a question I have, the red strip on the back plate goes against the color scheme I'm trying to go for (black and gray) so I painted that strip gray or black, would that disqualify me from the step up program?

Sucks for the working folks who can't sit and refresh a website all day. Elite member label just a gimmick or something.

aberdie
Sucks for the working folks who can't sit and refresh a website all day. Elite member label just a gimmick or something.

They believe treating consumers like peasants for $1800 cards will gain them better loyalty! I expect more from them as do most people here!

Just waiting...

Timerider42
Disappointed there's no hybrid option with a 140mm radiator. I wanted something to replace my 1080 hybrid. I can't fit another 240mm radiator into my case without (another) complete overhaul.

A 140mm rad is only good for about 250 watts.  The 3080 does 320.
 
[volume LxWxH in mm] (LxWxH) x 0.00023129193 = Watts dissipated for 10°C delta-T (estimated)

When will the hydrocopper blocks be available for purchase seperately for current ftw3 owners?

aberdieSucks for the working folks who can't sit and refresh a website all day. Elite member label just a gimmick or something.

I'd recommend something like distill.io. It refreshes the page all day for you and checks to see if there were any changes. If there is you can have it email you and put an on-screen notification and a sound notification. If you pay for their service (it's a free browser extension) they'll even text you and rather than having to keep your browser on they'll run it in the cloud for you. I don't, personally. I keep my computer on 24/7 so it's just frankly not necessary for me. It is how I was able to get in on the first batch of hybrids though. It popped me an email letting me know the page changed and what on the page changed and I just headed straight over and queued up.

I reckon it's a bit late in the attempt at 3000 series game (as it were) to be finding out about free notifier services. But better late than never I suppose.

They don't buy anything for you (like I'm sure scalping bots probably would). But they do fill the gap of not being able to refresh your browser once a minute or every 5 minutes or just not having the dedication/patience to do that all day even if you could, and at least give you an honest chance. So they can really be invaluable when it comes to stuff like this. I wouldn't do too low, just for the sake of decency. And they'd probably ban you (at least temporarily) for making too many requests or something (as they should). I did just every 5 minutes, myself. You don't want to inadvertently be DDoSing the site.

I do reckon EVGA could have given a heads up they were going to be doing it though. Bots crawl the site 24/7 anyways so it's not like announcing a day/time or even definite week would give them any advantage - just let actual humans know they should be extra vigilant during that period. Had I missed it myself I'd probably be understandably a bit miffed there was no heads up, just mid/late November. They'd even announced Kingpin was coming this or next week (Kingpin did anyways), though there was the tease post here that they were coming soon as well. Not a peep about hybrids though. People honestly had no clue. Even I was expecting Kingpin to come out first.

I don't fully understand the taking down of the auto notify queue either since it kind of defeats the purpose, though it seems like this first batch was perhaps more of a preorder queue than notification, I guess? And they had a limited supply so they didn't want to overdo it on those before they're even officially released so they don't end up with a situation where just a few days late and you could be waiting months. This way, I reckon, people have more chances to be at the front of the queue. Or at least one more chance, and we do know it'll probably be the week of Dec 7th to 14th, depending on the card, that the first batch ships. So the next batch will probably open up notifications around that time I reckon.

Will the pumps on these run at 100% all the time? I would love any information about pump noise.

GTXJackBauer
 
These lower powered AIO pumps usually run at 100% as they are designed.  When there's pump noise it could be from improper installation and or air pockets being circulated or lodged in the pump.  That's why it's always recommended to have the return tubes positioned from the bottom of the radiator if it's in a vertical position to trap the air at the top of the rad while a top rad installation wouldn't matter at that point.

Thanks. I had a 1080ti hybrid installed correctly and it was quiet. I had a 2080ti hybrid installed correctly and it was loud. Many other people had the same problem with the 2080ti hybrid. The 2080ti hybrid was widely known to be loud. I will wait for reviews on these cards.

Avenger411
So a top or bottom mount doesn’t matter for the pump’s health ? I was debating if i was putting the 240 rad at the bottom (corsair 680x) since my top mount is for cpu and the clearance for front mount is way to tight. If bottom mount is safe i’d be glad!

I also have the 680x and have a 360 aio up front. Planning on mounting the gpu rad up top. It will be a tight fit but it's doable. If you do a push pull configuration then it's a bit more difficult but if only doing a push setup then you have some wiggle room.