yay, another underwhelming drop
 
Here's to another week of waiting!

BadgerPelt

whitezero

markspencer123
Have any 3070 XC3 Ultras gone out and if so does anyone care to PM me so I can provide my email address for a copy of the BIOS ROM?

As of last week, Jacob has said he has no ETA on 3070 XC3 Ultras. I really regret now only auto-notifying for that one model. I'm concerned none will go out this month at all. 

Jacob said on twitter yesterday that these cards will start going out next week.

@badgerpelt

Do you have a link to watch Jacob’s Twitter feed?

tomcatguy74

BadgerPelt

whitezero

markspencer123
Have any 3070 XC3 Ultras gone out and if so does anyone care to PM me so I can provide my email address for a copy of the BIOS ROM?

As of last week, Jacob has said he has no ETA on 3070 XC3 Ultras. I really regret now only auto-notifying for that one model. I'm concerned none will go out this month at all. 

Jacob said on twitter yesterday that these cards will start going out next week.

@badgerpelt
Do you have a link to watch Jacob’s Twitter feed?

I think this is what you are looking for: https://twitter.com/psych...us/1328458303190364160
 
Edit: But still nothing on the XC3 Gaming...https://twitter.com/Wiggleplum/status/1328755340033351681

dex3108
Let's see if there will be more than one 3070 BLACK today.

As I wrote last night, I think this morning consists of just stragglers from yesterday's reasonably-sized drops.  
 

enewt
Given strong movement in many of the queues today, I wouldn’t be surprised if Tuesday morning was a little light, with just a few stragglers from Monday’s drops being the subject of second efforts to find them forever homes (there should be some stragglers, at a minimum, for the 3090 XC3 Ultra, the 3070 FTW3 Ultra and the 3070 Black).

Looking at the spreadsheets, we had big movement on the 3080 XC3 Ultra, looks like we're past 8:00 am now.

dex3108
I just don't get why is so hard to at least tell us each Monday what their plans are for the week. Instead of that we need to go and pull out information from Jacob on Twitter.

Just come and say: this week we have these cards and when they will they go out.

He pretty much does this on twitter on a daily basis

Well, thanks to EVGA and the community finally got one! (3080 xc3 ultra 9/17 7:54am) Appreciate everybody's help. 
Good Luck to the rest that are waiting!

I also got my notification for XC3 Ultra about an hour ago! Finally! I was 9/17 @0714

dex3108
I just don't get why is so hard to at least tell us each Monday what their plans are for the week. Instead of that we need to go and pull out information from Jacob on Twitter.

Just come and say: this week we have these cards and when they will they go out.

I have to imagine that would be their preference.  However, they have multiple systems and queues that they are balancing:
 
     1. Partner issues -- if a shipment goes wrong with a retail partner, they may have to rush-ship some inventory to another channel;
     2. RMA issues -- they may not know until late in the process what RMAs have come in for what cards and how that may shift around available inventory;
     3. Step-up Queue -- they need to allocate some cards for the step-up queue (which is separate from our queue); and
     4. Our "Auto-Notify" Queue -- self-explanatory.
 
There may be other considerations, but those strike me as the easiest to identify.  In short, I think they are doing the best they can under circumstances in which none of us wanted to be engulfed...moving to the auto-notification queue was like changing out the jet engines mid-flight.  
 
TLDR; I am trying to cut EVGA some slack...and hoping against hope that my card comes through....

manmeet3
Used enewt's code on 3070 ftw ultra for a friend yesterday. How many EVGA $$ do you really have enewt :D :D
 
Big thanks for such active involvement in the forums here!

Enewt has to have accumulated enough to get a free card by now.
 

Any recent news on the 3080 Black Edition? Really want a minimal no-frills base model :|

 

manmeet3
Any recent news on the 3080 Black Edition? Really want a minimal no-frills base model :|

Only a straggler for the that card this morning, I am afraid.

enewt

zetinoville

manmeet3
Used enewt's code on 3070 ftw ultra for a friend yesterday. How many EVGA $$ do you really have enewt :D :D
 
Big thanks for such active involvement in the forums here!

Enewt has to have accumulated enough to get a free card by now.

I have enough for a card...which I really do appreciate...but that is not making my name come up any faster on the queue.  To paraphrase a wonderful and famous song, "No card, no cry."  I am trying to remain positive about this wait and participating in this thread by tracking the queue and trying to keep folks positive...well its helping me stay sane throughout my hunt for a card.   

And I for one greatly appreciate your help and your work here!! It's made this whole ordeal bearable and your positivity is infectious. I've been lurking since the queue started but this is worth a post imo. Thanks again Newt

mcwilliams117
And I for one greatly appreciate your help and your work here!! It's made this whole ordeal bearable and your positivity is infectious. I've been lurking since the queue started but this is worth a post imo. Thanks again Newt

Thanks mcwilliams117 for your kind words! 
 
The experience of trying to spend hundreds of dollars on a card only to be denied at every turn, spend multiple fortnights hitting F5, have a white-knight company come to the rescue (through, of all things, a queue), and then still have to wait an interminable number of additional weeks....this is the stuff of LEGEND.  [Of course, this is entirely a first world problem...]
 
I am convinced my daughter will tell her kids one day of the Fall of 2020...the [1st] Pandemic of the 21st Century...and the 3+ month period when Grandpa lost his mind and did not move from the computer except to fulfill his basic human needs....
 
If we can get through this period with our mental faculties (and our preferred card)...I think we declare it a "win" and move on to enjoy our gaming goodness!

enewt

amitmm93
Are we expecting any more drops for 3080 FTW3 ULTRA this week?

I am expecting one more "substantial" drop but I don't when or where...and to be very clear, that is entirely based on speculation.  I remain hopeful that the 3080 FTW3 Ultras will hit our queue in decent numbers about twice per week.  

Sorry, i my buddy is not on the list but his time was 9/17 at 5:15pm and he got his email a few hours ago 11/17 at 1030AM PST. So more 3080FTW3Us seem to be going out today?