enewt
Last I saw it was about 7:27 am on 9/17 for the FTW Ultra.  
 

Airikay

z999z3mystorys
I recall a tweet by jacob saying they were working on something to help in regards to understanding queue progress, but nothing about how, or what type of info there would be. even if it's a rough ballpark, I'm sure EVGA could offer better info than the google spreadsheets that get their info only from a small group of people who submit their queue times.

I'm sure it's a back and forth with Nvidia too. Theres alot of info that Nvidia probably doesn't want out on production currently. It might not even be something they can end up doing.

enewt
Last I saw it was about 7:27 am on 9/17 for the FTW Ultra.  
 

variableresults
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Yep, what seems to have happened here is that NVIDIA annoyed TSMC for some reason and went to Samsung late in the game, who has their own host of issues, and couldn't actually ramp up production on short notice. What's frustrating is the utter level of fragile ego on NVIDIA's part in not admitting that they have a big supply problem, or their decision to not delay the release just to please their shareholders. I mean, they could probably have even blamed it on Covid-19 supply chain issues and delayed the launch and they wouldn't get quite as beat up. Instead they blame consumers for "unexpected high demand". 
 
#1 rule of company ownership --> don't ever make it the consumer's problem. Saying it's "unexpected demand" when you only made like 1000 chips for a launch you know will have 100,000 early adopters is a bit of a stretch (and if they're saying they didn't forecast demand, they have larger problems in their company, especially given all the leaks and hype they actively generated. 50% performance increase over 2080ti for 1/2 the cost? How does that not generate insane demand, especially when you stopped production of the 20 series?!).
 
It's like Steve Jobs saying you're holding the phone wrong when the engineers messed up the design. It's pretty arrogant and consumers are smart enough to read between the lines, which pushes people to other companies, like AMD. Transparency is always the best policy. I want to buy from a company that owns their mistakes, not one that actively tries to change the narrative and sweep them under the rug (hi, MSI, I'm talking about you too!).
</soapbox>
 
I think EVGA is doing the best they can with the crappy hand they were dealt by NVIDIA. Doesn't matter how many boards they have ready, you can't make a video card without a GPU, and that's 100% on NVIDIA. 

variableresults

flg2010
 
 
I don't know.  You have to wonder what will happen if AMD ramps up production of their new lineup, certain versions of it test faster then the 3080, partner brands get sufficient supply, and its all purchasable in massive stock by Dec 1?  
 
At the very least if their offering is better then the 3070 I predict 3070 - dead on arrival.
 
If its the same as the 3080 more or less .. its going to cut into sales... again driving demand down.  I will eventually get my step up but my second rig will likely have an AMD card in it.
 
 

 
I'm a bit torn on the AMD offerings from what I've seen so far. The big thing is no DLSS competitor, and as a past AMD Radeon owner, their driver support was absolute garbage. That was a while ago, though, and I don't know if it's gotten any better, but it's not worth having a high end card that is hobbled by mediocre / buggy drivers. 

aeunexcore
Man, this is dragging on for so long.  :[

nomad47

variableresults
<soapbox>
Yep, what seems to have happened here is that NVIDIA annoyed TSMC for some reason and went to Samsung late in the game, who has their own host of issues, and couldn't actually ramp up production on short notice. What's frustrating is the utter level of fragile ego on NVIDIA's part in not admitting that they have a big supply problem, or their decision to not delay the release just to please their shareholders. I mean, they could probably have even blamed it on Covid-19 supply chain issues and delayed the launch and they wouldn't get quite as beat up. Instead they blame consumers for "unexpected high demand". 
 
#1 rule of company ownership --> don't ever make it the consumer's problem. Saying it's "unexpected demand" when you only made like 1000 chips for a launch you know will have 100,000 early adopters is a bit of a stretch (and if they're saying they didn't forecast demand, they have larger problems in their company, especially given all the leaks and hype they actively generated. 50% performance increase over 2080ti for 1/2 the cost? How does that not generate insane demand, especially when you stopped production of the 20 series?!).
 
It's like Steve Jobs saying you're holding the phone wrong when the engineers messed up the design. It's pretty arrogant and consumers are smart enough to read between the lines, which pushes people to other companies, like AMD. Transparency is always the best policy. I want to buy from a company that owns their mistakes, not one that actively tries to change the narrative and sweep them under the rug (hi, MSI, I'm talking about you too!).
</soapbox>
 
I think EVGA is doing the best they can with the crappy hand they were dealt by NVIDIA. Doesn't matter how many boards they have ready, you can't make a video card without a GPU, and that's 100% on NVIDIA. 

Agreed. Nvidia has really messed this up

DaWorstPlaya
Its crazy there have been so many FTW3 card drops but we haven't seen any XC3 card drops. Are the XC3 cards ever going to be released to the public or at this point is it just vaporware? It's almost been a month since the 3080 launch. I'm still patiently waiting for ANY XC3 drops. 

variableresults
<soapbox>
Yep, what seems to have happened here is that NVIDIA annoyed TSMC for some reason and went to Samsung late in the game, who has their own host of issues, and couldn't actually ramp up production on short notice. What's frustrating is the utter level of fragile ego on NVIDIA's part in not admitting that they have a big supply problem, or their decision to not delay the release just to please their shareholders. I mean, they could probably have even blamed it on Covid-19 supply chain issues and delayed the launch and they wouldn't get quite as beat up. Instead they blame consumers for "unexpected high demand". 
 
#1 rule of company ownership --> don't ever make it the consumer's problem. Saying it's "unexpected demand" when you only made like 1000 chips for a launch you know will have 100,000 early adopters is a bit of a stretch (and if they're saying they didn't forecast demand, they have larger problems in their company, especially given all the leaks and hype they actively generated. 50% performance increase over 2080ti for 1/2 the cost? How does that not generate insane demand, especially when you stopped production of the 20 series?!).
 
It's like Steve Jobs saying you're holding the phone wrong when the engineers messed up the design. It's pretty arrogant and consumers are smart enough to read between the lines, which pushes people to other companies, like AMD. Transparency is always the best policy. I want to buy from a company that owns their mistakes, not one that actively tries to change the narrative and sweep them under the rug (hi, MSI, I'm talking about you too!).
</soapbox>
 
I think EVGA is doing the best they can with the crappy hand they were dealt by NVIDIA. Doesn't matter how many boards they have ready, you can't make a video card without a GPU, and that's 100% on NVIDIA. 

DaWorstPlaya
Its crazy there have been so many FTW3 card drops but we haven't seen any XC3 card drops. Are the XC3 cards ever going to be released to the public or at this point is it just vaporware? It's almost been a month since the 3080 launch. I'm still patiently waiting for ANY XC3 drops. 

Cerulean_Shaman
You could say the same for the old AMD chips too, like Bulldozer (looool), and yet here we are, with Ryzen being the default choice for many people and AMD set to take the performance crown while Intel - gasp - becomes the value brand, lol. The real issue is a DLSS competitor, which they said they're working on. As far as drivers ago, AMD gets it - they have PTSD from the last launch and apparently are not doubling down, but tripling down on launch drivers this time. So we'll see.
 
All it's going to take is techtubers giving a thumbs up on drivers and performance and people will nosedive for the AMD cards. If they manage a realistic DLSS competitor by next gen in two years, then things are going to get really interesting and I absolutely can't wait. I'll hopefully have a new monitor that supports freesync or gsync by then so I'll pretty much pick whatever manages to sit on top.