Hulky87

enewt

IVIakaveli
Did you guys use 3 separate PCIe 8 pin cables for your 3080 FTW3 Ultras or did you daisy chain them? I got BSOD on BFV twice and Black Ops Cold War crashed on me a couple times (but no BSOD). I wasn't too worried considering they're both relatively glitchy games, but then today Warzone crashed on me...and now I'm worried. I have it set up with 2 cables, one daisy chained. Do y'all think I should maybe undo the daisy chain and add a legitimate 3rd 8 pin power cable? I could be noobing around here and not even realizing it. My PSU is a Corsair 1000W RMx, which I don't think is bad. What do you guys think?

I wouldn't mess around with the power cables on the 3090s or 3080s.  If you have them available, use three separate cables.
 
Best of luck!

I hope this is not an issue with SFXL PSUs, mine has only two cables, each is separated into two 8-pin headers, it's 800Watt Titanium from Silverstone, I'm in for a FTW3 Ultra 3080.

Time to break out the 2 molex to 1 6-pin and two 6-pin to 1 8-pin adapters & daisy chain yourself together a 3rd 8-pin connector LOL Don't do that, but maybe do that... Some people have had crashing & other issues & even card-death resulting from using daisy-chain 8-pin connectors on both 3080s & 3090s.

Dabadger84

Hulky87

enewt

IVIakaveli
Did you guys use 3 separate PCIe 8 pin cables for your 3080 FTW3 Ultras or did you daisy chain them? I got BSOD on BFV twice and Black Ops Cold War crashed on me a couple times (but no BSOD). I wasn't too worried considering they're both relatively glitchy games, but then today Warzone crashed on me...and now I'm worried. I have it set up with 2 cables, one daisy chained. Do y'all think I should maybe undo the daisy chain and add a legitimate 3rd 8 pin power cable? I could be noobing around here and not even realizing it. My PSU is a Corsair 1000W RMx, which I don't think is bad. What do you guys think?

I wouldn't mess around with the power cables on the 3090s or 3080s.  If you have them available, use three separate cables.
 
Best of luck!

I hope this is not an issue with SFXL PSUs, mine has only two cables, each is separated into two 8-pin headers, it's 800Watt Titanium from Silverstone, I'm in for a FTW3 Ultra 3080.

Time to break out the 2 molex to 1 6-pin and two 6-pin to 1 8-pin adapters & daisy chain yourself together a 3rd 8-pin connector LOL Don't do that, but maybe do that... Some people have had crashing & other issues & even card-death resulting from using daisy-chain 8-pin connectors on both 3080s & 3090s.

This is exactly why I took the precaution if buying a new full modular PSU, so much daisy-chainning is just asking for trouble.
AND it reduced my cable clutter by half.

So I've also been hawking my local Microcenter looking for the FTW3 version of the 3060TI, but have had no luck...and yesterday they had the XC Gaming version of the card in so I just said screw it and snagged it with the intention of using it to hold me over until a FTW3 was in stock somewhere.
 
But honestly after hitting it with a .925 undervolt and OCing the memory to 8000MHz, this thing is boosting up to 1980MHz on the core and staying stable and STILL barely breaching the mid 60c range for temperature on a full load.
 
So I think I'm going to just hold onto this, and drop my notifies for the two 3060 TI FTW3 versions (Ultra and Gaming).  Free up some slots for you all.

Good morning fellow hunters, may today be the day!

Good luck everyone!
 
Hope you get the card you've been wishing for today.

I am ready for another day of disappointment

ScherzicScherzo
So I've also been hawking my local Microcenter looking for the FTW3 version of the 3060TI, but have had no luck...and yesterday they had the XC Gaming version of the card in so I just said screw it and snagged it with the intention of using it to hold me over until a FTW3 was in stock somewhere.
 
But honestly after hitting it with a .925 undervolt and OCing the memory to 8000MHz, this thing is boosting up to 1980MHz on the core and staying stable and STILL barely breaching the mid 60c range for temperature on a full load.
 
So I think I'm going to just hold onto this, and drop my notifies for the two 3060 TI FTW3 versions (Ultra and Gaming).  Free up some slots for you all.

Congratulations! Your watch is over! Happy holidays! Enjoy your card!!!

Looking at my old signature that **** makes me laugh that was over 8 years ago  maybe 10

TrevorS
Looking at my old signature that **** makes me laugh that was over 8 years ago  maybe 10

Nice rig, (in it's day). 

TrevorS
Does EVGA ever drop cards for sale or is EVERYTHING AutoNotify now?
 

30 series from their websites for purchase? Just drops to the auto-notify queues.

IVIakaveli
Did you guys use 3 separate PCIe 8 pin cables for your 3080 FTW3 Ultras or did you daisy chain them? I got BSOD on BFV twice and Black Ops Cold War crashed on me a couple times (but no BSOD). I wasn't too worried considering they're both relatively glitchy games, but then today Warzone crashed on me...and now I'm worried. I have it set up with 2 cables, one daisy chained. Do y'all think I should maybe undo the daisy chain and add a legitimate 3rd 8 pin power cable? I could be noobing around here and not even realizing it. My PSU is a Corsair 1000W RMx, which I don't think is bad. What do you guys think?

Strongly recommend using 3 separate PCIe 8-pin cables. These cards use a lot of power, and daisy chaining 2 cables puts these right on or beyond their spec limit. The Corsair 1000W RMx has enough ports for 3 separate PCIe cables, so I have no idea why you would even consider daisy-chaining 2 of them - you should only daisy-chain when you have no choice (some PSUs don't have 3 PCIe ports).

drgrover2
So if I just joined the auto notify queue today, I might as well buy a lotto ticket because I have a better chance of winning that then getting a video card? 

Depends on which card...

Todae is a gud dae to ... watch.  And wait.

Nereus

drgrover2
So if I just joined the auto notify queue today, I might as well buy a lotto ticket because I have a better chance of winning that then getting a video card? 

The difference between the two is that you WILL get a card eventually when the queue catches up to you. Winning the lotto is far less likely lol.
 

Wife gave me the green light to replace my 7+ year old gaming laptop. Was going to try and build a new desktop with some sort of 3070, but not sure now with the supply shortage. Might have to go with a pre-built and hope for the best. 

 
Merry Christmas to all, I hope at least some of you get an email today (or tomorrow?), even though you probably won't receive the GPU until the new year.
 
Thank you for those that used my associate code in the past which enabled me to buy and donate that 3060 Ti FTW3 Ultra card for a great cause! The 2020 Time Zone Challenge is going well, with over 120 EVGA forum members crunching away as I type, and one of them will score that 3060 Ti card, and there's a heap of other prizes that were also donated by generous EVGA Forum members! Part of the reason so many of us stick around is not just the great service from EVGA, but the people who contribute so much in these forums in one way or another. Thank you!
 
Cheers.