MUGEN02
Reply back from Jacob "Looking like early 2016 right now"

Fixed.

Well, after waiting around 6 weeks I decided to grab a couple of air cooled Titan X cards and water block them myself.  Although unlikely, there is a remote possibility that these cards are returned to air cooled duty in the future so some flexibility played into the decision.  My son is off to college soon and I may convert his PC to a much smaller air cooled rig. 

Artah

mdzcpa
Well, after waiting around 6 weeks I decided to grab a couple of air cooled Titan X cards and water block them myself.  Although unlikely, there is a remote possibility that these cards are returned to air cooled duty in the future so some flexibility played into the decision.  My son is off to college soon and I may convert his PC to a much smaller air cooled rig. 

At least you can get air-cooled ones, I have to pay about $1,200USD from price gouging trolls for each card if I do that.  By the time this thing is available I'm not going to want them anymore.

EVGA products come with international warranty so you can purchase from any country and ship to your city. I live in China mainland at the mo and purchased a Titan X off US amazon for $1103 delivered with shipping+tax included. There are even freight companies willing to help you export any legit products globally. So basically you can buy from any country including US/CA/AU/GB/DE/FR/IT/NL/JP/HK. There is always a way to cut off the middle man/trolls 

It would be nice if we could get a solid answer instead of the "1-2 more weeks" answer we keep getting every other week.

lorddevil
Yeah I am also waiting hard for the hydro copper edition :( ! Maybe I will also be buying the normal version and manually upgrade with the EK waterblocks since they are in stock. Any news here?

I'm going to wait. It gives me more time to save up for the new build and since it's my first WC build, I'd rather not throw in the risk of screwing up blocking them. A hard date would make the wait easier though!

MUGEN02
I got the notification email at 6:31pm CST that it was in-stock, at 6:46 PM CST it was out of stock/Auto-notifiy. This card is better priced than the 980 Hydro Copper($799). I'm waiting for the 980Ti before I make a purchase though.
 
$1199^.99
Limit 1 per householdhttp://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=12G-P4-2999-KR

So did I but they sold out, Bummer. Setup another Notify and wait for the next Batch.
BTW The GTX 980 HC is only $699.00 not $799 like Newegg and Amazon are adding a Hundred Bucks to the cost.
 
 EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Hydro Copper Part Number: 04G-P4-2989-KR And ATM 9 In Stock.

Well strangely in EU shop you even can't setup a Notify... its still not shown in shop at all (only US shop lists it) :( any news here??

Just had my confirmation call and it will be shipping out today! I'm so excited never had such a beast card before.

In stock on EVGA site.

Jacob,
 
can you please give an update on availability in Europe? (NL)
 
thanks!

Never mind about a possible ETA. I've been waiting 4 weeks already and there's absolutely no word on why there is no stock of these cards.
 
Are they having quality / production issues or did they just underestimate their numbers?
 
Why doesn't someone from EVGA say something?
 
This'll be my first green card and I'm not liking the experience thus far!

Scarlet-Tech

purloiner123
Never mind about a possible ETA. I've been waiting 4 weeks already and there's absolutely no word on why there is no stock of these cards.
 
Are they having quality / production issues or did they just underestimate their numbers?
 
Why doesn't someone from EVGA say something?
 
This'll be my first green card and I'm not liking the experience thus far!

NVidia makes the boards, and EVGA has to test the BIOS and settings on each of them, as well as EK making a customized block.  That is three different entities to get one product and the number of people wanting is much higher than the production capability.
 
EVGA doesn't comment when EVGA doesn't want to get hopes up and then drop them.  

I don't expect nVidia, EVGA or EK to make any statements that would get mine or anyone else's hope up, but no one is saying anything about why there's no ETA. Why can't someone come out and just say "Hey guys, there's this and this going on, but we're on top of it and thank you for your support..."?
 
It's just too quiet, which leads me to believe there's something wrong, whether it be supply-chain, quality control or what ever.
 
I don't care, I just want to be able to make an informed decision about my order which I've already paid for; instead of waiting and waiting and hearing nothing but crickets...

Scarlet-Tech

purloiner123

I don't expect nVidia, EVGA or EK to make any statements that would get mine or anyone else's hope up, but no one is saying anything about why there's no ETA. Why can't someone come out and just say "Hey guys, there's this and this going on, but we're on top of it and thank you for your support..."?
 
It's just too quiet, which leads me to believe there's something wrong, whether it be supply-chain, quality control or what ever.
 
I don't care, I just want to be able to make an informed decision about my order which I've already paid for; instead of waiting and waiting and hearing nothing but crickets...

 
Read through the forums when users DEMAND to know timelines.. there is rarely a response. This is not uncommon.
 
Like I stated, NVidia doesn't care to provide answers, and EVGA and EK may be having supply issues.  Emailing them DIRECTLY usually nets better results that posting on a user based forum.   

You make it sound like I'm demanding and ETA (I'm not) and that I haven't already contacted EVGA (I have).
 
Still crickets...

Scarlet-Tech
I am not making it sound like you are doing anything.  I said, and I quote, "Read through the forums when users DEMAND to know timelines.."

 
Exactly, and by doing so you addressed a "When?" question which I never actualy asked. Why would you do that when I've only ever asked "why?" there isn't an ETA? The answer to that question is a very different one. You started off well by saying that there were three entities involved, etc...
 

Scarlet-Tech 
Hopefully you can find something out.  Where did you order through, since most places don't process the charges until your item has shipped.

I hope so too, but my credit card statement says they already charged me on June 22nd. At that stage the delivery was at "1-3 days" which is why I placed my order with them as everyone else's deliveries were listed as being "2-6 weeks". A day later my order shifted to "2-4 days" and later that afternoon it went to "unknown". Since then all of the online retailers in Switzerland have their delivery now listed as "unknown".
 
My online retailer will only answer my "Why?" question by saying that it's not on them, because the importer has direct access to the delivery details listed on their (the retailer's) site and that it's very rare for the importer to list a delivery as "unknown". My persistant queries have now been forwarded to the product manager who hasn't replied as yet.
 
I'm also only being offered the possibility of cancelling my order. In that, they say it 'may' only be 'possible' to cancel my order at this late stage and that they'd have to first inquire about it.

Update: the ETA on their website has just changed from "unknown" to 2-3 weeks.