moartuba
THE WAIT ISN'T OVER. Hopefully this goes through.. like I said earlier, my initial card was caught by my bank, so I went through paypal. 
 

killertofu44
enewt thanks for the info I will do a little research now

Dabadger84
Light show on point: 
 

 
No matter how I arrange the 8-pins on the GPU, one of them always sits all wonky compared to the rest, cord run-wise.

Hulky87
 
That's a very nice leap forward, definitly now we know that the 18th is much less than the 17th!! I know that someone in the queue might even got it later on and didn't post it here, thank you skyline090 and definitly Enewt for such an update, I wish more people do the same; it provides so much visibility, I know one hour to some might seems to be small but it's BIG now since so many buyers are waiting, bless you all.

Dabadger84
Light show on point: 
 

 
No matter how I arrange the 8-pins on the GPU, one of them always sits all wonky compared to the rest, cord run-wise.

enewt

Hulky87
 
That's a very nice leap forward, definitly now we know that the 18th is much less than the 17th!! I know that someone in the queue might even got it later on and didn't post it here, thank you skyline090 and definitly Enewt for such an update, I wish more people do the same; it provides so much visibility, I know one hour to some might seems to be small but it's BIG now since so many buyers are waiting, bless you all.

It will end up bigger.  So, yes, as the thread has discussed, momentum on the 3080 Ultras will continue to accelerate until they hit 10/5.  

JustinGN

Straykatt
 
You're kidding yourself if you think they're going to comment to this, we are the minority and drew the short straw it is what it is. 

Not the first time I've held companies' feet to the fire and gotten a proper response.  They gain community goodwill and trust by answering, and it's not like there's anything legal (I'm aware of) they could get dinged for by admitting their mistakes.  The key is to be calm, clear, professional, and firm in your requests for comment; encourage good decorum from supporters and detractors alike; and not relenting until you get a proper response.
 
It's worked pretty well for me in the past.

Hulky87
 
Tha'ts a beautiful build <3 you need a small EK or Bitspower kit for that card and there is space for a 240mm rad with a decent pump on it, sweer build.

enewt

chuckymystic
Are you allowed to buy an additional skews if you number in queue is called? I got the 3988, but what if my 3897 is called?

One unit per sku (so, yes, you can in your example).

enewt

Hulky87
 
Suddenly I am so optimist with EVGA drops on the FTW3, someone mentioned earlier - I think he was you - that FTW3 is where EVGA makes some extra $$$ so they are pushing it, but with such numbers I can hope to order it 2020?! I am at the 18th 8PM *fingers crossed* what do you think after that last drop? if it's a daily drop with 5hours+, maybe in three drops I can get mine?!

Sadly, given the holidays, I am afraid that you may run out of time in 2020 (but be very early in 2021).  It is not a daily drop.  The 3987 took a bit of a break for a number of days before yesterday's drop.  It is almost as if the portfolio of different skus progress in a cyclical nature (excluding, unfortunately, the 3080 and 3090 Gaming and Gaming Blacks)....  But, yes, in general...the Ultras have been getting more frequent drops than other models.
 
Bottom line, I don't think it will take 3 full drops to get to you...probably more like two...but I am not sure that card has two more drop days (excluding straggler days) left in 2020.  I hope that helps.

jpwiseguy
So the 3080 Ultra XC drops have stopped dead in their tracks after getting past release day and just a few hours away from where I am on the queue?
 
LMFAO - true 2020 fashion.
 
Ohhh man, I gotta laugh, but you know what? I give up. Game over man. At this point, either I get a notification or I don't. I'm done waiting around with expectations, checking stores and this forum everyday.
 
Hopefully when the clock strikes 12:00PM January 1st, 2021 for every part of the Earth, the evil heinous fog AKA "2020" will miraculously lift and the terribly done black and white TV show the world is trapped in will turn to color.
 

Hulky87

skyline090
AND DONE!!!!
 
10G-P5-3897-KR               9/18/2020 7:06:22 AM PT            Yes
 

Congratulations man!! wish you a speedy delivery for your card. This means that the last list will get a bit of a pump forward to be like so..
 
 Card                                      SKU                       Auto-Notify Date/Time 

    Ultra
    3090 FTW3 Ultra                   3987                       10/07/2020 00:52:05  
   3090 XC3 Ultra                     3975                       10/05/2020 20:52:00     
    3080 FTW3 Ultra                   3897                       09/18/2020 07:06:00        (05:25:00)  
   3080 XC3 Ultra                     3885                       09/18/2020 06:22:00   
   3070 FTW3 Ultra                   3767                       10/29/2020 06:11:39        (00:02:12)     
     3070 XC3 Ultra                     3755                       10/29/2020 06:38:00        (00:01:00)   
   3060 Ti FTW3 Ultra               3667                       12/01/2020 06:51:30      
 
 
That's a very nice leap forward, definitly now we know that the 18th is much less than the 17th!! I know that someone in the queue might even got it later on and didn't post it here, thank you skyline090 and definitly Enewt for such an update, I wish more people do the same; it provides so much visibility, I know one hour to some might seems to be small but it's BIG now since so many buyers are waiting, bless you all.

Straykatt

JustinGN

Straykatt
 
You're kidding yourself if you think they're going to comment to this, we are the minority and drew the short straw it is what it is. 

Not the first time I've held companies' feet to the fire and gotten a proper response.  They gain community goodwill and trust by answering, and it's not like there's anything legal (I'm aware of) they could get dinged for by admitting their mistakes.  The key is to be calm, clear, professional, and firm in your requests for comment; encourage good decorum from supporters and detractors alike; and not relenting until you get a proper response.
 
It's worked pretty well for me in the past.

I see your point and you make a good argument, however at the end of the day eVGA is a company and here to make money so they can keep making their products, pay their employees and investors. If the tables were turned and lets say you had 10 ampere GPUs and had to choose which SKU to put them in either the black/gaming ($100 profit), or FTW/hybrid ($250 profit) what would you do?
Don't get me wrong I hear you and frustrated as well, I would like to have a 3080 in my system just like everyone else but I guess I'm being realistic. 

• Spring 2020, pre-pandemic: I see my 20-series sales have been kind of lackluster compared to my 16- and 10-series cards, but nVidia is now cluing me into the 30-series (at least on paper) and I can start designing some cards.  Based on past lineups, I'm thinking a premium OC lineup (FTW3) and mainstream lineup (XC3) are appropriate, and I figure I can do four SKUs per GPU: two FTW3 (one superclocked, one overclocked with the nicer cooler) and two XC3 (one overclocked identically to the lower FTW3 but with a basic cooler, and one stock card).

• Spring 2020, early pandemic: I see that job losses are soaring, supply chains are impacted, and that this will have knock-on effects on my own product lineup.  However, this early into the game and being a small AIB (relative to nVidia, my sole supplier of GPUs), I'm trusting my GPU partner to set reasonable expectations and use their expertise to better understand market conditions for launch, which they currently say will be Summer 2020.  I finalize my paper designs for the launch SKUs, and get to work sketching out roughs for luxury tiers (Hybrids, Hydros, Kingpins) based on early technical specifications.

• Summer 2020: My GPU partner clarifies launch will be Fall 2020, likely late August or early September.  I get initial engineering samples, and find I can add a fifth launch SKU to the 3080: no backplate, no overclock, to get me closer to the MSRP of the baseline proposed by nVidia.  However, my cooler design and margins won't let me get to $699 exactly, so I offer an instant rebate of $30 at launch with a MSRP of $729 for my base card.  I put the higher-end SKUs into production first for launch day, with lower tiers to come later.  nVidia has said launch supplies will be tighter than expected, but I trust they know what they're doing.
• Early September 2020: Launch hype for the 3080 and 3090 are exceedingly high, and I might be getting concerned about overall demand.  My initial batch of cards for launch are here, and less than I hoped for.  I post the SKUs on 9/15, and auto-notify buttons on them on 9/16.  I get a glut of sign-ups for e-mail notifications, and I make sure my IT team is ready to scale our notification system accordingly for 9/17.
• September 17: our site falls over just before 9am. Our stock is depleted in seconds, and the internet is furious before noon.  Demand far outstripped supply, and I'm on the phone with my sole GPU supplier to demand answers.  IT says our notification system didn't work as planned due to how quickly stock sold out.
  
• September 18-September 25: Lots of back-and-forth with nVidia.  Production continues on auto-pilot, with higher margin cards made and shipped to retailers.  Online sales halted until we can ensure bots won't overwhelm our systems.  By the end of the week, we've settled on producing only the high-margin cards through October, since nVidia says stock should normalize somewhat by then.
• September 28-October 5th: Seeing how nobody else can or will do anything to stop or slow bots, we opt for a queue system based off auto-notify sign-ups.  By this point, we know we're going to solely be producing the highest margin cards we can going forward, but we do not communicate this to our fanbase or customers.
  • What I would do differently here, is that I would immediately merge the XC3 and FTW3 queues for both cards into a single queue solely for the Ultra variants of each.  This would happen before the first invite goes out, and those who do not want or cannot afford the Ultra are free to remain in the queue for their original card.  I would also remove auto-notify sign-ups for all cards prior to officially announcing the queue system (since we won't be finishing even launch day sign-ups this year), and put Kingpin, Hydro, and Hybrid models on indefinite hold since they'll sell well anyway (though I would produce and sell the liquid cooling block and hybrid kits themselves, for those who wish to modify their cards. No sense leaving money on the table).
• October/November 2020: We bungle a few Twitter posts and suggest that everyone who wants a card will get one by the end of October.  nVidia's GPU supplies make it increasingly clear we won't even clear September's backlog before 2021.  We do not mention our choice of SKUs to manufacture to those in the queue.  The community works together to start building queue spreadsheets and trackers.  We launch the 3070, focusing on much the same high-margin cards as before.  The spreadsheets start making it clear we're only producing select cards in any significant volume, and that some cards aren't made at all.  We continue on unphased, announcing Hybrids, Hydros, and Kingpins.
• December 2020: The community knows 3/10ths of our SKUs from launch aren't in active production despite having queues. As of 11-DEC, we remain silent on the issue, and begin fulfilling orders for select Hybrid SKUs.

curtisg67
 
Yeah, I agree 100% here.  If you have worked in high tech manufacturing production with outsourced partners, global logistics during high demand low supply situations, managed large accounts like amazon, walmart, bb, etc, world-wide with NPI marketing campaigns and promotions competing both internal (sales teams) and external (bb vs walmart) you understand that the level of transparency that Jacob from EVGA's global product management team is very rare.  We call this a Gatekeep / allocation process in which the supply and demand match across all regions is negotiated based on whatever rules govern the process.  This is very labor intensive when you are just trying to distribute supply to the accounts (bb, wm, ne,etc.)  let alone their internal sales ( us ).  Everyone is screaming for their demand, supply is coming out slow, and the planner/director (Jacob) is in the middle and the only upside is to not F up!  You don't get much recognition when you have done the best to make everyone happy, but everyone is still anger.  Let's keep Jacob on our side, and recognize his efforts in going above and beyond for us.