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Fabrizio7stelle
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Any news about new 3000 series with miners limiting From EVGA ?
 
New graphic cards, new series means NEW HOPE for us to buy an EVGA card
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My guess here is that EVGA will release new part numbers for the limiter-enabled version of the same cards we have queued up for already, then just transfer us all over to the new card at some break point when their stock of old SKUs runs out.  Just a guess, but they would be wise to do this.

I believe your opinion is OK
 
But this do not help me 

I’ve been playing video games a long time (dating back to the early 80s on the Apple ][e). With the advent of multiplayer games, whether it is taking over the Stanford Brain Imaging Lab for a LAN party or running cable down my childhood home’s hallway, over the couch, into the dining room, etc. so that each of my brothers could have his own “private” set up for our battles, shooters became my game of choice. Doom, Quake, BF 1942, I played them all.
 
I have distinct and fond memories of playing Joint Ops with my eldest brother…this (very buggy) game came out (in 2004) right around the time gaming voip began hitting mainstream adoption (Ventrilo was the voip of the moment). Our Thursday night sessions incorporated a variety of regulars from our gaming squad, including an old, crusty gamer named “Swampy”.
 
Gruff and sharp-witted, Swampy loved to fly the in-game helicopters. And by “loved”, what I mean is, it was the only thing he did. However, his Internet connection was intermittent and his skills…by the third vodka of the night…diminished. But he would insist. His in-game service was infamously labeled, “Swamp Air”. He would eventually adopt that moniker over voip when we called for an extraction or otherwise required his services.
 
Collectively, all of the members of the Notify queues do not have enough fingers to count how many times my gaming group’s avatars would clamber aboard a helicopter only to have it blow up upon take off as Swampy inadvertently slammed into the ground, a mountain or another vehicle. Or having successfully navigated across the entire map, Swampy would unceremoniously drive the helicopter’s nose headfirst into Valhalla.
 
“Swamp Air” came to define my Joint Ops experience for more than a year. Those on voip would curse Swampy, demand a refund, ask for our next of kin to be notified, and/or beg to be allowed to take the stick next time. Sometimes Swampy flew hesitantly; sometimes confidently…but, regardless of his disposition, the vast majority of his flights would result in a squad wipe. Multiple times a night.  
 
Some Joint Ops nights generated epic stories of valor and virtual heroism detailing how our ragtag group of avatars miraculously survived the Swamp Air flight, was inserted into enemy territory, and proceeded on to an unexpected (and, unfortunately, infrequent) victory. Other nights would end in rage quits by more than a plurality of our gaming group when Swampy had a string of unsuccessful (and unexpectedly short) flights in a row. Nights full of laughter, banter and comradery…how fortunate we were to have found each other in this wonderful medium of video games. #EmergentGameplayForTheWin
 
The expansion pack, Joint Ops Escalation, was a bitter, bug-ridden disappointment. My gaming group eventually migrated to Battlefield and stayed together for many of the years that followed. I still occasionally play PUBG with them (they carry me and my crappy 3-year old laptop fps). I lost touch with Swampy around the time of BF3…but were I to hear that broken-blacktop voice crack over my Discord channel, I’d hope he’d honor my Swamp Air frequent-flier miles; I’ve got a bunch.
 
As much as I want my card from the queue, I really hope that this inadequate supply of gpus isn’t depriving a whole generation of their first experiences with WASD gaming. To me, these memories are priceless. Throughout this process, seeing posts and PMs of parents securing cards for their kids’ rigs…and thinking about what joys lie ahead for them…those notes warm my spirit beyond words.
 
Go get your card.
 
As of 8:50 am PT Thursday, May 13, this is the status of the North American queues (bolded font represents movement from the morning of May 12; italicized parentheticals calculate the length of movement from the prior report):
 
Card                                  SKU                        Most Recent Notify Timestamp to Receive an Invite to Purchase email
 
Ultra
3090 FTW3 Ultra                 3987                       11/01/2020 15:53:48 
3090 XC3 Ultra                   3975                       10/06/2020 06:21:58  
3080 FTW3 Ultra                 3897                       09/21/2020 11:24:38   
3080 XC3 Ultra                   3885                       09/18/2020 11:46:58   
3070 FTW3 Ultra                 3767                       11/17/2020 09:02:48 
3070 XC3 Ultra                   3755                       11/22/2020 16:41:22 
3060 Ti FTW3 Ultra             3667                       12/01/2020 07:30:47                               
 
Gaming
3090 FTW3 Gaming             3985                       09/24/2020 16:12:06      
3090 XC3 Gaming               3973                       09/24/2020 00:00:00
3080 FTW3 Gaming             3895                       09/21/2020 09:57:16   

3080 XC3 Gaming               3883                       09/16/2020 11:01:20
3070 XC3 Gaming               3753                       10/29/2020 06:21:25  
3060 Ti FTW3 Gaming         3665                       12/08/2020 18:51:41  
3060 Ti XC3 Gaming           3663                       12/01/2020 07:35:17  
3060 XC3 Gaming               3657                       02/25/2021 12:55:46      (00:07:18)  
 
Black
3090 XC3 Black                   3971                       09/24/2020 00:00:00 
3080 XC3 Black                   3881                       09/16/2020 15:14:00  
3070 XC3 Black                   3751                       10/29/2020 06:26:49 
3060 XC3 Black                   3655                       02/25/2021 09:08:11  
 
Hybrid
3090 FTW3 Ultra Hybrid       3988                       12/12/2020 00:09:41   (07:17:59)  
3090 XC3 Ultra Hybrid         3978                       12/08/2020 17:48:51 
3080 FTW3 Ultra Hybrid       3898                       12/16/2020 09:06:05  
3080 XC3 Ultra Hybrid         3888                       12/10/2020 09:09:31   
 
Hydro Copper (XC3 Delayed)
3090 FTW 3 Ultra HC           3989                       04/15/2021 10:00:17
3090 XC3 Ultra HC              3979                       11/13/2020 00:00:00
3080 FTW3 Ultra HC            3899                       11/13/2020 09:13:29 
3080 XC3 Ultra HC              3889                       11/13/2020 00:00:00

K|NGP|N 
K|NGP|N HC (Queue)           3999                       05/06/2021 09:00:05  
K|NGP|N Hybrid (Queue)      3998                       12/27/2020 17:52:58   (26:06:02) 
K|NGP|N HC Kit                   1999                       04/23/2021 10:00:39      (00:00:04) 

 
May your remaining wait be shorter than you anticipate; it is already longer than you deserve.
 
Best of luck!

HunterCad
Why has there been zero movement on the 3060 ti cards? I understand how high the demand is but I would expect after 6 months they would get through the first day of orders. Maybe my expectations are too high

Have you seen the progress the 3070 cards have made...? Zero sum game....
 
Edited: 3060 to 3070

mgreger

HunterCad
Why has there been zero movement on the 3060 ti cards? I understand how high the demand is but I would expect after 6 months they would get through the first day of orders. Maybe my expectations are too high

I believe it is the same die as the 3070 (the 3060ti is a 3070 w/some CUDA cores disabled).  As long as they can sell 3070's, that's where the die are going to go.  The 3070 is almost certainly higher profit margin.

That sounds right. I fat fingered my response.  3070.

HunterCad

mgreger

HunterCad
Why has there been zero movement on the 3060 ti cards? I understand how high the demand is but I would expect after 6 months they would get through the first day of orders. Maybe my expectations are too high

I believe it is the same die as the 3070 (the 3060ti is a 3070 w/some CUDA cores disabled).  As long as they can sell 3070's, that's where the die are going to go.  The 3070 is almost certainly higher profit margin.

that makes a lot of sense. I guess only a few models will make movements at a time? That's kind of lame. I was hoping I was going to be able to buy a card this year. lol

Micro Center is your best chance of that happening! I hope one is near you. Otherwise, you're fighting the good F5 fight with the rest of us.

Nice enewt. Very nice. I was never into battle field games, but I have similar fond memories of Tuesday night drivers club races and WWII fighter simulations

having fun with best buy drops now, nothing will be added into the cart hah

Got to the cart on Best Buy, but by the time I selected the store closest to me it wasn't available, a real shame you have to send it to a store instead of your address.

xeddex
Some of my best memories are when me and some of my fellow CompSci majors would take over our private computer lab and play Rogue Spear together instead of writing code like we were supposed to be doing.

Haha! I can relate to this comment. 😆

Four times in Cart, Four times we will not send to your tiny store in New Mexico.
Four different Cards.
 

coldrain85
 I hope that none of you really NEED a new card for a job, or something like that. I can understand the frustration if that's the case. Otherwise, hang out and wait with everyone else and don't whine. We are all in the same boat and the whining doesn't help. 

This is my situation. I've been trying to finish building my new work computer since last summer (self-employed) and this whole situation has been insanely frustrating and stressful. My current work compy is a laptop I got four years ago, and it's been struggling more and more. Even blue screened a couple months ago. Really hoping I can get my GPU before this thing dies, otherwise I'll be shelling out 3 grand to a scalper because I'll have no other choice. I bought every other component 8-10 months ago, GPU is literally all I'm missing. Had no luck with today's Best Buy drops. 
 
Just 13 hours to go on the queue. Sigh. 10G-P5-3897-KR 9/22/2020 1:08:58 AM PT No

dskx_16

TheOne
Got to the cart on Best Buy, but by the time I selected the store closest to me it wasn't available, a real shame you have to send it to a store instead of your address.

I've heard that the Best Buy online inventory gets snatched up by the bot's fat f**king fingers before they even get registered. This is genocide!

I can say after months of trying, I managed to snag a 3090 FE today from that Best Buy drop with a pick up in South Florida. It was excruciating waiting through basically three layers of verification given that I've failed so many times to get it. Order page says I'll be able to pick up next week. But I was basically there right when everything started to hit. I had resigned myself to trying to get a 3080 ti after several months of being on the EVGA wait list (and over 30 failed Newegg shuffles).

coldrain85
From what I have been reading, I guess we should consider ourselves lucky that anything is moving right now. 

I disagree

kissTheApex
I didn’t even see them being in stock. Though I’m trying the BB drop for the first time, so it’s totally possible that I’ve done things wrong.

I've basically signed up for every discord\twitch\twitter tracker under the sun and they all started alerting that stuff was showing up on best buy. I just so happened to be at my desk working and this is probably my fifth attempt at getting a card; so I was familiar with the whole check out process.

owlshanchad
WOOT!
12/16/2020 9:06:09 AM PTYes

We talking 3080 Hybrid???  Because youre toying with my emotions...