Sparkyoo7

w_louie

If I may make one more suggestion.. It should be limited to one GPU per account + shipping address.
This will prevent scalpers from making dozens of new accounts.

not really i have multiple address i could ship to if i wanted. 

Seriously. As the tech/finance dude in my fam, any one of them would trust me with their CC info if I told them why and paid them back, I mean I do their taxes so like... I could set up/order from a dozen addresses with 2-3 names/payment info's EACH if I wanted to. And that's doing it semi-legit, if we delve into the realm of those one-off credit card number order places and drop ship addresses the possibilities are limitless. But no, we did it legit so we get bumped so that one dude with 50 unique email/drop-ship addresses can get 50 cards to put on Ebay for 200% markup.

nardox
What is this?
 
Been waiting for the Kingpin 3090 hybrid for 6 months, gotten two other cards for now but signed up back in March for the KP 3090 to finish my build, that's the card I want, and they already sent notification to someone who signed up for the KP3090 Hybrid two hours before I did, and now I got pushed back to the line?
 
A lot of people got a different card because they couldn't get the one they want the most, this is a common practice when the one you want the most is OOS due to supply issues.
 
If you started with first come first serve, keep it that way if people have been in the queue for months, trying to retroactively change something will backfire most of the time.
 
If you must change the system, tie the purchase to the one particular card series instead of all the RTX3000 cards.
For example, if you already purchased a 3080, your queue position for other 3080 series will get pushed back. If you already have a 3090, your position for another 3090 will get pushed back. If you already bought a 3060Ti, your position for another 3060Ti will be pushed back. Pushing back people's position in 3090 for a 3060 or 3070Ti doesn't make sense.

THIS RIGHT HERE. I'm stuck with a 3060 for the foreseable future because they decided to change the game a year down the road.

I don't know what I could add to state just how AWFUL a solution you guys came up with.  
Oh, I know.  ENEWT is now uneligible to buy a KPE HC because he helped his brother replace a dead GPU.

You are too gracious, my amphibious friend.
For the KPE, the queue is in fact the ONLY GAME IN TOWN.  
ELITE ONLY products should not be affected by this rule - it's completely flawed that it is. 

I'm gutted for you, my friend.
 

enewt

nomoss
I don't know what I could add to state just how AWFUL a solution you guys came up with.  
Oh, I know.  ENEWT is now uneligible to buy a KPE HC because he helped his brother replace a dead GPU.

I will be fine. I am just hopeful that there will be enough KPE HC units to get through the existing queue. Do I want it yesterday, yes. But I also understand why EVGA made this choice. Do I wish it was a prospective -- rather than a retroactive -- approach, absolutely; I think that would have been fairer as it would have given folks fair notice about purchasing a 30 series card through the queue other than their "dream" card. But, that is not the decision that was made. The queue is not the only game in town...but as I have said many times before, "the EVGA Queue is the worst method to buy a 30 series GPU, except for all of the others." So we move on.

Considering the KPHC queue hasn't moved for nearly 2 months (at least according to the queue on Google sheets), and that the list moved only 8 places over the last 3½ months, and that the remaining queue is 156 people, and you are at #111 and me at #113, I think the chances of either of us getting a KPHC through the queue were already next to zero, but now.. no chance in hell whatsoever. KP are only ever a limited edition anyway, so... nope. Unfortunately this means anyone who scored even a 3060 just so they could run a system in the meantime are now excluded from ever getting a 3000 series card through EVGA. Never mind if you're 'Elite' or have purchased dozens of EVGA components over the years - tough luck. We will also never be able to get a KP Super (if one is coming) or any other 3000 Super card for that matter, even if we are 1st in the queue when it opens. The only way will be to buy off scalpers.
 
You know who WILL be able to get a card though? - the asshat scalpers who created dozens of accounts each and spammed the forums for Elite status and now have multiple 'separate' accounts waiting in the queue and suddenly have priority over many legit users. Now THAT sucks.
 
Does anyone recall watching one of the EVGA streams when a bot owner accidentally made all his bots answer the same question in the same words in stream chat at the same time? I remember it. On many occasions I saw multiple accounts created at the same time posting all over the forums simultaneously to reach Elite status. There are literally hundreds and hundreds of them, if not more. Each of those accounts now has priority over legit single account holders who purchased maybe a cheap 3060 while waiting over a year in queue for a 3080, just to have this happen. That's a HUGE f you to all those legit individuals.
 
Thank the Gods i was lucky to get a 3090 already, because I also got lucky and scored a 3060Ti when they came out, which I purchased to donate it BNIB as a prize in the EVGA annual folding competition. I would be absolutely wild if I had donated that card to a worthy cause and then found I was being punished for it, which is exactly what is now happening for a lot of people who purchased lesser cards for family members etc. while waiting in the queue for the card they wanted.
 
EVGA you REALLY need to rethink this. At the least, make it like-card exclusivity - meaning those who already got a 3080 are given lower priority only for another 3080 (any 3080 model). Those who got a 3090 are only given lesser priority for a 2nd 3090 (any 3090 model). Particularly those who purchased a 3060 while waiting in the queue for a higher level 3000 series GPU should not be punished for lack of supply. Either that, or make this change effective from today, not effective retroactively.
 
Seriously, I understand the reasoning behind it, but the implementation does not appear to be well thought through.
 
 
 

nomoss
I don't know what I could add to state just how AWFUL a solution you guys came up with.  
Oh, I know.  ENEWT is now uneligible to buy a KPE HC because he helped his brother replace a dead GPU.

OK, what is the meaning of the toast?

kevinc313

nomoss
I don't know what I could add to state just how AWFUL a solution you guys came up with.  
Oh, I know.  ENEWT is now uneligible to buy a KPE HC because he helped his brother replace a dead GPU.

OK, what is the meaning of the toast?

I was wondering about that. Is it French toast?
 

ckind88

Nereus

EVGA you REALLY need to rethink this. At the least, make it like-card exclusivity - meaning those who already got a 3080 are given lower priority only for another 3080 (any 3080 model). Those who got a 3090 are only given lesser priority for a 2nd 3090 (any 3090 model). Particularly those who purchased a 3060 while waiting in the queue for a higher level 3000 series GPU should not be punished for lack of supply. Seriously, this change does not appear to be well thought through.
 
 
 

I second this. If you already got a higher end / lower end card, you should still be eligible to get the other end. A lot of people got lower end cards for there family while waiting for the right card they really want to pop up. Now after waiting for a year… TRUSTING the EVGA would be have a sense of morality… we all get screwed. Literally ALL get screwed by EVGA.

I always stood up for EVGA when people said ASUS and MSI were mich better cards… they may be better cards, but after today they have proven they are a garbage company.

I wouldn’t go as far as to say EVGA is a garbage company. They’ve always done right by me if ever I had an issue. Something needed to be done about the queue, so some changes were made to it. At least there is a queue even if it moves at a snail’s pace. The next change I’d like to see made is what’s been said countless times, and that’s to get rid of the spamming accounts that were created solely for 100 posts for Elite member status. Not taking care of those is EVGA’s biggest shortcoming, in my opinion, given the ongoing GPU shortage.

On a different but similar note, I suspect the queue was projected to get worse in terms of wait times, hence the decision to implement the recent changes. I say that because of the current cargo ship debacle. Heck, I’m back to not being able to buy toilet paper again, and I doubt it’s because people started hoarding it again. I could be wrong, but I’m leaning toward my <expletive> wipe being stuck in a cargo container somewhere off either U.S. coast.

ObscureEmpyre

I wouldn’t go as far as to say EVGA is a garbage company. They’ve always done right by me if ever I had an issue. Something needed to be done about the queue, so some changes were made to it. At least there is a queue even if it moves at a snail’s pace. The next change I’d like to see made is what’s been said countless times, and that’s to get rid of the spamming accounts that were created solely for 100 posts for Elite member status. Not taking care of those is EVGA’s biggest shortcoming, in my opinion, given the ongoing GPU shortage.

On a different but similar note, I suspect the queue was projected to get worse in terms of wait times, hence the decision to implement the recent changes. I say that because of the current cargo ship debacle. Heck, I’m back to not being able to buy toilet paper again, and I doubt it’s because people started hoarding it again. I could be wrong, but I’m leaning toward my <expletive> wipe being stuck in a cargo container somewhere off either U.S. coast.

I mean, we can say whatever we want right? But its the company’s actions that speak for themselves.

Bottom-line oriented only. Loyal customers pooped on, while late to the partiers get catered to.


Guess we will wait and see what happens.

kevinc313
*snip*
Lol. Youtube "Aunt May Finds Out". Dank.

Nice. Ramones.
 

Keep it the way it is but at least give people waiting in queues where they stand so they can plan out if they should wait for it or go hunt for one elsewhere.

safan80
How about a 24 hour buying window instead of just 8 hours? I've missed two different 3080 TI chances the xc3 and ftw ultra because I was not available to purchase during the given window.

EVGA changed it to 20 hours.

Mrostom

safan80
How about a 24 hour buying window instead of just 8 hours? I've missed two different 3080 TI chances the xc3 and ftw ultra because I was not available to purchase during the given window.

EVGA changed it to 20 hours.

Its a lot of work for the scalpers to monitor 100 email accounts they each signed up with, they can't be expected to check them all more than once a day.

This is a weird move but I already got the most out of the previous queue system. I already hooked up three friends that direly want a 3080Ti and all of them are enjoying them as we speak.

I'm just wondering how this will speed up the process of getting those K|NGP|N cards. I really want a K|NGP|N hydrocopper and X570 Dark as part of my next build.

jetset3312
This is a weird move but I already got the most out of the previous queue system. I already hooked up three friends that direly want a 3080Ti and all of them are enjoying them as we speak.

I'm just wondering how this will speed up the process of getting those K|NGP|N cards. I really want a K|NGP|N hydrocopper and X570 Dark as part of my next build.

If you have already purchased ANY type of 3000 series GPU on your account, then your chances of getting a 3090 KingPin card are now absolutely ZERO - unless of course you can score one through EBay, but expect to pay $5k+, possibly have no warranty, and maybe get scammed in the process.