Does elite really tell you 24 hours early when a gpu will be in stock?

Schwartz02
Does elite really tell you 24 hours early when a gpu will be in stock?

No.
 
What they recently did was to open the first 24 hours of purchasing for NEW product launches to elite members only. This also includes exclusive access to sign up for notifications for the first 24hrs.
 
It has been a bit confusing for some people who thought it was 24hrs early access. But it isn't, it is the first 24hrs AFTER a product launches.
 
In practice, when the RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3070 Ti launched the only thing people could do was sign up for the notification and enter the queue. Many people did get notified the same day, launch day, and were able to order and get their GPU shipped right away. 
 
There is nothing connected to the elite membership that informs you in advance of product drops. And as far as direct sales from EVGA it wouldn't make any sense to do that anyway since all 30-series cards are part of the notification queue.
 
EVGA started using their "notify me" button as a way to enter customers into a purchasing queue. You notification request is time stamped down to the second. When product is available EVGA sends an email out to the next person in the queue offering them the opportunity to purchase the GPU. That person has 8 hours to respond. If they purchase they are removed from the queue and are not eligible to purchase that SKU via the queue system again. They can purchase other cards from the 30-series lineup as long as those cards are listed using a different product number.
 
There are other benefits to being an elite member that are explained by EVGA if you do a little poking around this website.

But even if you are in the queue in the first day, it still maybe months and months before a card is available.
If ever at all.

neopunk1
This whole mining business needs to go away. :-(

If mining didn't exist there would still be a massive shortage of GPUs.
 
No one is mining on automobile ECUs and yet they've had to stop making cars in some cases because they can't get enough.
 
PC gaming has increased in popularity over the last several years as that's where most of the streaming and pro-level competitive gaming is at (and even if you stream console gaming you need a PC). Add to that the pandemic which reduced supply while massively driving demand for home PCs for work at home and at home schooling and you don't need mining at all to have a massive GPU shortage.

jace122
Its a joke the que threads are all locked anyways evga isn't doing much for elite members 

Well… they did give that wheel spin deal to newer elite members. Yay them?

jace122
Its a joke the que threads are all locked anyways evga isn't doing much for elite members 

Those threads were locked at the request of the OP.

fyathx
Evga tried to combat the bots but failed, elite que was impossible to get in, servers couldn't handle the onslaught. Most of the cards ended up on ebay, fb marketplace and other sites anyway. The discount codes are close to expiring so yeah, elite membership is a sham. Why were the que threads locked?

The queue threads were locked because Kram the OP asked for them to be locked.
People in his threads were thanking someone else and were using their discount code instead of Krams.
No shenanigans on EVGAs part.

Really if you are in the queue on the first day you normally are pretty good. If you are not elite and have to wait 24 hours it's going to be a long long time before you are able to order a GPU. Also if you fallow EVGA on twitter and Jacob you should know when the new cards will drop. Of course things might crash for a bit but if you don't give up then you should be good to get the card pretty soon. Also by being elite they have the special drawings. The other thing is it's not really that hard to earn the rank as this community is pretty awesome I feel.

how good is EVGA elite? i put it on my resume (under accomplishments) and got not just interviews, but several job offers!

neopunk1
This whole mining business needs to go away. :-(

We have LHR cards and the problem was not suddenly solved. 

well, still not understanding this elite business. Seeing some FTW 3080 ti show up on Amazon recently but not as fast as bots so haven't been able to get one yet

Appreciate the help!!!! Thank you

tnecniv4815
No

Stop spamming posts.

neopunk1
This whole mining business needs to go away. :-(

 
100% agree but also scalpers and stores charging scalper prices now can ****, whoever marked this guys post as spam is ..... well yea. 

Does anyone know if the wheel spin discount can be used on anything or is it just normal queue and not step up?