Dabadger84
For those getting 3090s, I present to you, adding heatsinks to help keep the back of the card happy, phase 1:

 
This was waaaaaaaay more trouble than it looks like it shoulda been and not as much coverage as I was hoping to get out of the kit I bought, but... for those looking at 3090s specifically, I'd definitely recommend looking in to getting some heatsinks for the back of the card if you can.
I have my card vertically mounted now, with a fan blowing on those lil' heatsinks, just ran a PR run to compare temps stock vs stock to an old run I did when I got the card: Mem1 & Mem2 are 4-6C cooler than the old run, and most of the other temps are 1-2C cooler across the board.
I'm definitely going to be picking up another thing of heatsinks to put some over the VRM areas on the back of the card.
The ones in the picture are applied via thermal tape, by the by.  The whole kit, small as it was, only cost $11, so definitely worth it for that temperature reduction!

coldrain85

static.quai

Sajin
Watch the language and personal attacks guys. Thanks.

I think a lot of people have been waiting patiently.  We have some money in our pockets, and we want to give it your company.  We are waiting patiently for a queue to call our number.  We understand EVGA has other business obligations.  All fine.
 
Some person starts talking about auctioning a card they got from the queue.  I thought that wasn't allowed with the queue system.  Apparently I guess it is.  Then person keeps giving us the play by play of their auction.  Gross.  Then the person thanks someone for using their associates code.  I have to draw a line there.  People do what they do, but the forum allows people to reward people for that?
 
Come on.  Punt me if you must, but I was the third or fourth person to cry foul at the auctioneer notes of that hybrid card.  It's such bad form, especially since providing cards to your most die-hard fans is taking the back-seat to your retail obligations.. even those that are are only e-retail being bought up by scalpers at an alarming rate.

Yep, and I think I was the first person to cry foul. I didn't push the issue at the time because I know this forum is heavily moderated and I don't come here to hassle people anyway. Telling everyone here about how you scalped a used card on eBay and then following it up with "oh, and thanks for using my associate code" is all kinds of wrong though. I won't sit by and pretend that it's not happening and I'm glad that I wasn't the only one who spoke up.
 
HOWEVER, in the interest of moving on and lowering the volume I will speak no more on the matter. The individual in question has been blocked, not just for today's episode, but because of the spam posting in general. I did not report anything as spam and don't plan to, but yeah, spam.
 
Here's to a better tomorrow.

static.quai

Dabadger84

ThetaGraphics
I signed up for the notify of the 3978 as well, since that also seems to be thin enough.  Who knows, maybe it'll actually overtake the other one eventually.     I've never dealt with water cooled components before though... 

That's the main perk of the Hybrid cards/Hybrid kit, it's a self-contained unit that doesn't need much maintenance.  Other than occasionally cleaning the radiator to prevent dust build up resulting in blockages, you don't really need to worry about it after it's installed.  They also have a pretty low failure rate - and low liquid-loss/permeation, meaning they don't need refilling & won't have liquid-level issues for at least 5+ years.
On top of the better temperatures, it also vacates the hot air the card produces the heck out yer case (out of the radiator's exhaust, and out of the back of the case from the exhaust of the GPU itself) instead of it being recirculated/spewed all over the place like the air-cooled cards do, which is nice for the rest of your system.  I for one dipped my toes in an air-cooled card again briefly this generation, and won't be doing that again - the heat/temperature increase that card caused on my chipset/RAM/M.2s/VRMs of my motherboard was not cool, pun so intended. 

The other main perk is if you just keep taking up our oxygen, someone will use your code.  Even though you didn't think to feed back your excess to this forum where there are no fees.  It's all scalp and feed my pocket.  And thank you all for the evga associate code add, it gets me something else for free after I hosed someone over.  But I am not a bad guy, because I upgraded their shipping.
 
Get on board with shutting scalping down, or shut up.  EVGA has a good system in place.  You exploited it with selling your used product well over MSRP, despite whatever your personal profit was.  That's why Ebay and Amazon don't shut this down, they make a lot of money off people like you.  Feed them, screw the actual user.  Well done.

TheRealMikeVan

static.quai

Dabadger84

ThetaGraphics
I signed up for the notify of the 3978 as well, since that also seems to be thin enough.  Who knows, maybe it'll actually overtake the other one eventually.     I've never dealt with water cooled components before though... 

That's the main perk of the Hybrid cards/Hybrid kit, it's a self-contained unit that doesn't need much maintenance.  Other than occasionally cleaning the radiator to prevent dust build up resulting in blockages, you don't really need to worry about it after it's installed.  They also have a pretty low failure rate - and low liquid-loss/permeation, meaning they don't need refilling & won't have liquid-level issues for at least 5+ years.
On top of the better temperatures, it also vacates the hot air the card produces the heck out yer case (out of the radiator's exhaust, and out of the back of the case from the exhaust of the GPU itself) instead of it being recirculated/spewed all over the place like the air-cooled cards do, which is nice for the rest of your system.  I for one dipped my toes in an air-cooled card again briefly this generation, and won't be doing that again - the heat/temperature increase that card caused on my chipset/RAM/M.2s/VRMs of my motherboard was not cool, pun so intended. 

The other main perk is if you just keep taking up our oxygen, someone will use your code.  Even though you didn't think to feed back your excess to this forum where there are no fees.  It's all scalp and feed my pocket.  And thank you all for the evga associate code add, it gets me something else for free after I hosed someone over.  But I am not a bad guy, because I upgraded their shipping.
 
Get on board with shutting scalping down, or shut up.  EVGA has a good system in place.  You exploited it with selling your used product well over MSRP, despite whatever your personal profit was.  That's why Ebay and Amazon don't shut this down, they make a lot of money off people like you.  Feed them, screw the actual user.  Well done.

Mate, I really truly understand you’re frustrated, but you’ve got to let it go. You’ve said your two cents, dabadger disagrees, and neither of you are going to change your mind so it’s time to move on and not make the situation any worse. If you were trying to convince others, I think you’re slowly losing persuasion by coming back time and time again to attack and mock dabadger. You’ve made the best argument that you can and I think if anyone agreed, they would have by now. Constantly rehashing it doesn’t help when the rest of the forum has moved on. So I completely get how upset you are and why you’re upset, but this attitude isn’t helping anyone. Let’s just move on and not make the whole situation any worse.

Mozfet
Waits patiently

sypraseurt
I didnt realize one can beat a horse beyond death but here we are. On another note, I think its stupid that when I block someone, I can still see their posts on the mobile version of this forum.

retep88

Mozfet
Waits patiently

Come, sit down by the fire.  but if you like your marshmallows on fire, you need to sit over there. 

nrmazloo
I have a good feeling about today!  I'm not in the hunt anymore but I'm rooting for all of you.  It's been quiet ... too quiet ... lately so something is bound to drop. Right? 

Urobulus
*** FOR PEOPLE WHO ORDERED IN CANADA ******* FOR PEOPLE WHO ORDERED IN CANADA ****
 
 
I would like to know which model of card did you get and how much did you end up getting charged in customs when you received it? Also where are you located? What shipping did you use?
 
I want to get a better idea on how much custom it will cost if/when I finally receive mine.

Nike_7688

TheRealMikeVan

sypraseurt
I didnt realize one can beat a horse beyond death but here we are. On another note, I think its stupid that when I block someone, I can still see their posts on the mobile version of this forum.

I'm with you, dude. I keep trying to get us to move on but then it keeps popping back up lol Hope you're doing well though and good luck with drops today! :)

Maybe I shouldn't have cut myself off on case talk. At least that was fun lol. Not a dig at anybody else's cases by any means, I think everyone posted cool ideas, but I will say that I love my bequiet! case. It has a simple and elegant look that I can't seem to get a good picture of no matter how hard I try. I am not a big RGB fan and I like the fact that this case just offered two rows of LEDs I could light the inside of the case with that can be several different colors, but only one color at any one time (no cycling). It's more of a Ron Popeil Set it and forget it type of thing. There are a few pictures in my modsrigs, but I've put in a PSU shroud since those pictures, as well as moved the bottom fan to the top of my CLC-280, slide the front fans up, took out an old HD that isn't in the system anymore and did some slightly better cable-management. The shroud was a royal PITA to get in, but maybe wouldn't have been if this was the Version 2 or Pro that comes with it. This was the "oh we came out with a shroud after you bought your case...for $30 you can have one too" after-thought. I got sick of looking at the PSU cables at the bottom of the case so I sprung for it. Looks amazing. I wonder if I have any pictures on my phone I can update my modsrigs with...hmmm