TheBlitzAce

vegnar

TheBlitzAce

z1nonly

TheBlitzAce
I need somebody to talk me out of giving in to the scalpers on eBay lol.

I am on the brink!

In my old age, I have learned to create a sort of "pre buyer's remorse" where I can imagine what it will be like when the "new" wears off of something that I'm about to spend money on.

I know I would feel really bad in a few months with a card where I basically chose to get ripped-off. -And the money I overpaid could have been spent on some other new toy.

Haha yeah, that's the same mindset I've been having for the most part.

Sometimes, curiosity gets the best of me and I look on eBay and I SERIOUSLY contemplate on buying a card but then "pre-buyers remorse" kicks in and I'm safe.

I promised Justin I would wait but damn, patience is my biggest weakness.

Be patient and if by Nov 18th still haven't received your email try for a 6800xt, it's looking like a slightly better card and $50 cheaper too.

I know I'll grab whatever comes first.

That was my plan initially, though, my monitor is gsync only so oh well, haha.

EVGA has been great to me over the years and I definitely want to continue getting EVGA cards.
 
The new AMD cards seem pretty damn powerful but until those drivers are no longer an issue, I'm sticking with Nvidia.

mobhill
 
 
I don't want to derail the thread, so grats to those who have got those cards, and hope there are plenty more to come very soon!
 
I did want to copy/paste something I said in another thread earlier, in regards to AMD drivers: "Steve Burke reiterated that everyone in AMD has been focused on drivers this time around. Moore's Law is Dead channel said that heads rolled, people were fired/reorganized after the driver problems last time. I'm not usually inclined to immediately believe what he says, but since it supports what Steve already said, I am willing to be hopeful that it's true. And I know from personal experience that AMD can do good drivers- I had a 7970 for years, and the "fine wine" effect was real. I never had a single problem with instability or incompatibility. The 980 Ti I have now has also been pretty free from problems, although I have had a few."

mobhill I don't want to derail the thread, so grats to those who have got those cards, and hope there are plenty more to come very soon!
 
I did want to copy/paste something I said in another thread earlier, in regards to AMD drivers: "Steve Burke reiterated that everyone in AMD has been focused on drivers this time around. Moore's Law is Dead channel said that heads rolled, people were fired/reorganized after the driver problems last time. I'm not usually inclined to immediately believe what he says, but since it supports what Steve already said, I am willing to be hopeful that it's true. And I know from personal experience that AMD can do good drivers- I had a 7970 for years, and the "fine wine" effect was real. I never had a single problem with instability or incompatibility. The 980 Ti I have now has also been pretty free from problems, although I have had a few."

pkpjoker
Notified today and ordered!  Used your code enewt, thanks for you hard work
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Relkan811

justin_43

Celeras

mobhill
 
 
I don't want to derail the thread, so grats to those who have got those cards, and hope there are plenty more to come very soon!
 
I did want to copy/paste something I said in another thread earlier, in regards to AMD drivers: "Steve Burke reiterated that everyone in AMD has been focused on drivers this time around. Moore's Law is Dead channel said that heads rolled, people were fired/reorganized after the driver problems last time. I'm not usually inclined to immediately believe what he says, but since it supports what Steve already said, I am willing to be hopeful that it's true. And I know from personal experience that AMD can do good drivers- I had a 7970 for years, and the "fine wine" effect was real. I never had a single problem with instability or incompatibility. The 980 Ti I have now has also been pretty free from problems, although I have had a few."

All lipservice until proven otherwise. I'd personally never consider a GPU that wasn't eVGA, but even with CPUs AMD drivers have burned me so many times. Haven't been back since Thuban and I won't even consider anything until I SEE change.

I agree with Celeras. Until we see actual benchmarks with shipping drivers you really won't know with AMD. Maybe their drivers get better over time like you said but Nvidia has never had the same issues AMD has had with software/drivers. Especially at launch. Even those few times many years ago they were kinda competitive on the high end their drivers ruined it, at least for a while after launch. Nvidia has always gone out of their way to work with the developers of all of the AAA games coming out to make sure their drivers are ready day one. I'm sure a lot of you do their surveys as well so they can see what games people interested in so they know what games matter to us. And the popular games always have game ready drivers day one. I would take a wait and see approach to AMD as always. And I saw that MLID video where he said heads rolled at AMD and even if that's true that doesn't mean they actually have good shipping drivers. Heads could have and probably did roll, but that doesn't mean they actually have people there with the same talent as Nvidia's driver team. And really AMD's drivers have been a problem for years (more than a decade? Since ATi?) it's not an easy fix.

Not trying to derail the thread, but I am genuinely curious as to why AMD CPUs are so bloody popular! Can't see a current PC build without tripping over an AMD chipset. Is it because they're cheaper than Intel and can multitask better?

Relkan811

TheBlitzAce
Not to seem like I'm begging or anything (might as well be), if any of you have already received the card you want and you're still on the queue for either a 3080 or 3090, would you be willing to let me take your spot?
 
Basically, I signed up for all of the cards on 10/20 and it's looking quite grim for a 2020 release for me!
 
Apologies for the desperation!

Right there with you man! Been looking at a 2080/2070 on amazon, and everytime I add it to the cart I think to myself "don't do it, you buy the card and you'll get an email from EVGA and be SOL cause you blew the money..."

javelina1

Relkan811
@TheBlitzAce and Justin_43: I know... But patience has never been my strong suit. Was going to just play CP2077 on my 1080 and upgrade later, but then I made the mistake of upgrading to a 1440p monitor and watched the demo of CP2077 with raytracing... It burns at me! Feels like I want to channel my inner Golum and chant  "my preciouuuuuuuuuuus!"   D:

Hang in there buddy!  we'll get our cards at some point.  For now, it looks like I'll be using my 1080SC a tad bit more.  But I refuse to succumb to those scalper vermin!  Be strong!!!

robotsir
Any 3090 xc3 ultra this week? I haven't found anything on twitter

drewski989
There is absolutely no reason to buy from a scalper.  There are multiple discords out there dedicated to helping you score a card.  I support EVGA and the queue 100%, but I also would not sit by and wait months if my queue number stunk.
 
I have promoted/praised EVGA and the queue everywhere, but I have no problem saying I have been trying to score a card in the wild while waiting on my queue.

Relkan811

TheBlitzAce
Not to seem like I'm begging or anything (might as well be), if any of you have already received the card you want and you're still on the queue for either a 3080 or 3090, would you be willing to let me take your spot?
 
Basically, I signed up for all of the cards on 10/20 and it's looking quite grim for a 2020 release for me!
 
Apologies for the desperation!

Right there with you man! Been looking at a 2080/2070 on amazon, and everytime I add it to the cart I think to myself "don't do it, you buy the card and you'll get an email from EVGA and be SOL cause you blew the money..."


 

EYICK
Not many 3070 FTWs today it seems?