jjeff1955
EVGA is trying to send me a RTX 280 with lesser Memory and Band width, Not acceptable, Saying to me that they do not have anymore GTX FTW3s.
I can not allow this to happen.
I Purchased a Brand New White Elite FTW3 from Newegg and it was Defective out of the Box and is causing Black Screens, hard restarts and Cold Boot issues. 
 
I Specifically designed a White PC, the Cooler Master SE for this specific white 3 Fan Card, I do not want anything to do with the RTX 2080 that look no where near as good as my existing White Elite.
 
What has happened with the EVGAs Warranty Services?
Now Frustrated with EVGA Products.

I feel your pain. Limited Edition and now EOL. Specifically what troubleshooting did you do to determine it is the  GPU?  Are you using just a single two headed PCIe power cable or two separate PCIe cables?  Does running the GPU in Debug Mode (Nvida Control Panel under Help) result in higher stability?

Yes, I did verify that the Card is Defective. I installed my GTX 1080 Ti SC2 from my other very Stable PC and it was all good with that Card installed, very Stable.
The New White Elite was giving me issues from the Start of my new Ryzen Build, VRMs, and the Memory was 10c Hotter than the GPU with the XOC Precision Software reporting.
 
Constant Cold Boot issues and Game Crashing after a few minutes, Benchmarks would also crash with a Buzzing Audio Sound, then a Hard Re-Start.
Never would have thought that it would be the New Video Card, I even did an RMA on the Asrock X470 Taichi Motherboard that did not need to be RMA after all.
 
I guess that I will have to wait for EVGA to get some Original replacement in stock, even if it takes Month to wait on one.
I do not want the 8 Gig 2 Fan Card, if it is sent and not cancelled, I will just refuse it with UPS, and get my Collateral funds back.
Thank You to all that have replied to my Whining, and unhappiness about this Situation.

I have great idea.
Accept replacement with RTX 2080 FTW3 Gaming and use these things.
 
Red-White kit for FTW3 cards, use only White.
 

 
and paint in white EVGA Aluminum Shield for RTX2080/2080Ti FTW3
 

But this part is best of all, it's carbon.
https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=100-CR-VGA3-LR
 
White computer is nice. I don't like to have white PC but look nice.
Only is much better if it's not completely white. Silver, Black details make him much better.
Aluminum shield could be painted easy with white.
 
Carbon Shield Painted in White will be same as GTX1080Ti FTW3.
But bad to paint so nice and expensive part, Some kind of white foil easy to remove would be easier or easy removable paint.

jjeff1955
That would have been ok to use the White Kit, but still the Card is only 8 Gigs, I need to have the 11 Gigs that I originally got with my GTX FTW3.
The Performance differences is only 2 Percent better with the 2080 FTW3 according to Hardware Compare's website, and would have to take a Loss in the 11 gig Memory and Bandwidth of 352 Bit down to 256 Bit and 8 gig, and also less Cuda cores, no DVI Port, my main Monitor is DVI only, and I do not want to Purchase a New Monitor with HDMI as of yet.
 
From what I have researched the GTX FTW3 is rare, and is in High Demand.
It is a better Card all the around than the Standard RTX 280

I'm certain they have stopped production of these some time ago. I almost wonder if it is doable to send you a regular FTW3 and you can swap the coolers.

The 8G vs 11G isnt a show stopper at all......it urks with OCD though ;)
As for using the HDMI - DVI converter....meh....new monitor with Display Port is the way to go ;)

jjeff1955
I Purchased a Brand New White Elite FTW3 from Newegg and it was Defective out of the Box and is causing Black Screens, hard restarts and Cold Boot issues.

Return the Card to Newegg and get your money back.

joeymir
Kind of a sour deal if you ask me. Sorry to hear OP. Maybe not a showstopper for all, but for me, i'll take the extra vram over RTX features any day especially given it's current state. FACT the 1080 Ti is a top tier card, as is the 2080 Ti, the standard 2080 is a cut below. Referencing ARK: Survival Evolved, at 1440P I already eat up over 7GB of VRAM, so with titles like this and future titles to come this year, VRAM has become increasingly more important for high res gaming. 
 
meanwhile people continue to support Nvidia's new pricing scheme (I am very bitter on this topic sorry)

Yes dont get me wrong...I wouldnt want to trade my 1080Ti SC Blacks for a RTX 2080.....2080Ti sure.....also NV new pricing scheme sucks...essentially the 2080Ti is now the Titan...overpriced big time....here in Canada the 2080Ti is $1650 for the cheapest Zotac....rediculous!!!! North of $4.5K for SLi 2080Ti and EK Water Blocks n Backplates!!!!

Ouch.....

Vlada011
I have great idea.
Accept replacement with RTX 2080 FTW3 Gaming and use these things.
 
Red-White kit for FTW3 cards, use only White.
 

 
and paint in white EVGA Aluminum Shield for RTX2080/2080Ti FTW3
 

But this part is best of all, it's carbon.
https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=100-CR-VGA3-LR
 
White computer is nice. I don't like to have white PC but look nice.
Only is much better if it's not completely white. Silver, Black details make him much better.
Aluminum shield could be painted easy with white.
 
Carbon Shield Painted in White will be same as GTX1080Ti FTW3.
But bad to paint so nice and expensive part, Some kind of white foil easy to remove would be easier or easy removable paint.

Just an fyi that's the carbon replacement shroud not the aluminum shield.
There isn't a carbon version of the shield.

I'm in the same boat. I've just had an RMA approved for a fan issue. I was hoping they'd just be able to fix the cooler. I would hate for them to give me a worse card instead after reading these posts.

No need to go any further with this Thread, I do not need to give up my FTW3 after all.
it was not the Video Card that was Defective, it was the Garbage Cooler Master PCIe Riser Cable that is Defective and causing Cold Boots and Hard Restarts. Will be contacting Cooler Master for a return and a refund.
 
Who would think that a Brand new Riser Cable would be Defective?
Should have checked the Dumb Stuff first, my fault.
At least I get to keep my New GTX 1080 Ti White Elite FTW3 Card.
Tested it in my other Stable PC and that I found out that the Card was always good and not Defective.
Not interested in a RTX 2080 TI as it is not that much faster, Cost vs Performance.
 
Thank You for you Awesome suggestions and Support.
Kind regards to all of you.

Hey ...frustration is understandable..and all of us miss the easy stuff at times....no worries there, imo...
 
As someone else said, glad you got it figured out.