comrade

Ok..., bottom line.  I've got a $400 EVGA Classified MB sitting in a box because depending on the phase of the moon it decides on a day to day basis, (sometimes hour to hour), which USB ports will work and more often than not, the USB 3.0 ones don't.  Plastered all over the box are the words PCIE 3.0, only it isn't really.  And..., occasionally it would just refuse to boot up unless I had dried chicken bones tied to the case in just the right configuration.

Now I'm being asked to decide whether or not to spend another $150 for a board that MIGHT work..., but it might not do so any better than the one I have to send back.  No one has one yet, so I cannot even go by the experience of others.

The ASUS RIVE that I have now seems to work quite well but from what I read in this and other threads about the EVGA X79 boards even the new CPU's coming in the next few months to a year, probably will have the same limitations as the current ones.

I'm trying to keep an open mind since I've done quite well with EVGA equipment up until this board.

Can someone give me a convincing argument and a guarantee that this new board..., essentially now a $550 motherboard..., will do any better than the ASUS RIVE?  And..., if it doesn't, will I be able to get a refund of the effective price of $550?  To be honest, at this point, unless I can get such a guarantee, I'd rather get a refund of the $400, (which doesn't cover the time and expense of rebuilding my computer twice and sending back one MB for a replacement), that I originally paid for the Classified.  Right now, I've effectively got $800 tied up in one functioning X79 MB and I'm being asked to increase that to $950 without knowing whether or not the new Dark will actually work.

I just bought $1400 worth of EVGA GTX 780's so I haven't given up on them completely, but I'm very worried about getting burned again!

ardook

Don't expect an answer regarding the availability.  I already asked and no response from Jacob.  I emailed the customer service and they emailed back the following: "We do not have that information at this time. If you need anything else, we are available 24/7." 

CAxVIPER

Rei86

dustingg

@Jacob,

When will the Dark be available on the EVGA web site?

They might be filling out/servicing 1st all the step-up previous X79 owners and getting them out the door before the public who just want to out right purchase them have a go at it.

I doubt it EVGA will do this. I assume it will be like normal step-up where a certain amount are set aside each shipment for step-up and RMA. 

EVGA_JacobF

dustingg

@Jacob,

When will the Dark be available on the EVGA web site?

Original schedule was early to mid July, but it is looking closer to Mid July right now.

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XiuzSu

EVGA Mods, will it be possible if owners of the X79 SLI/FTW/CLAS to get a Bios upgrade to one that looks and works like the Dark? What I mean is, pretty much just a GUI upgrade, working mouse, etc, but still only with the options available for our boards.

MontNoir
I suspect no better audio chip? Just the realtek crap?