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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2020/12/30 07:53:04 (permalink)
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Got my 3080 from EU waiting list 5 Days ago. 
Signed up for waiting list 3-4 hours after release


Welp that's horrifying.
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2020/12/30 10:59:59 (permalink)
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Got my 3080 from EU waiting list 5 Days ago. 
Signed up for waiting list 3-4 hours after release


Welp that's horrifying.

It's in line with the other queues, still on release day. US needed like 3 months to clear launch day.
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2020/12/30 11:01:08 (permalink)
4790K
Got my 3080 from EU waiting list 5 Days ago. 
Signed up for waiting list 3-4 hours after release


Congratulations! Could you please post your timestamp for my records?
You can find it at https://eu.evga.com/community/myNotifies.asp
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/02 12:45:09 (permalink)
First post. Signed up for the 3080 xc3 gaming on the 18th september... guess at that pace I might actually get a chance to buy one in six months. Where I live(Poland) people got their hands on Asus, MSI and Gigabyte cards allright, but EVGA seems to be completely absent from that market.
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/02 12:58:01 (permalink)
They do, but at what price? :) I also live in Poland and had made my reservation in both X-kom and Morele for Asus 3080 ... both didn't even knew when the next shipment will be. I canceled my orders about 2 weeks ago to get back my money and hoping to get one from evga. Or in worse case scenario, I will get  Ti version in 3-4 month :)

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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/02 13:02:46 (permalink)
Kodijack
First post. Signed up for the 3080 xc3 gaming on the 18th september... guess at that pace I might actually get a chance to buy one in six months. Where I live(Poland) people got their hands on Asus, MSI and Gigabyte cards allright, but EVGA seems to be completely absent from that market.


In Poland not at all sale cards EVGA on shops,where Asus,MSI,Gigabyte or Palit/Gainward/Zotac are to buy,but a bit hard to get new cards at these days.
PS.I'm also from Poland :)
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/02 13:12:17 (permalink)
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I also live in Poland and had made my reservation in both X-kom and Morele for Asus 3080 ... both didn't even knew when the next shipment will be.

X-kom,Morele they fly into balls at all with orders.On the forum PCLab in "buying" Thread about RTX 30 series people writing what's happening,situations with deliveries.I'm wait to sent notify(to my e-mail address) here 3060 Ti FTW3 Ultra from 6th December and it is best my decision given shortage cards and high local prices.
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/03 06:17:40 (permalink)
Hi there,
 
wanted to add my stamps as well as they are towards the end of the day, never expected this to happen, still using my GTX980
 
10G-P5-3883-KR 9/17/2020 4:14:19 PM PT No
10G-P5-3881-KR 9/17/2020 4:13:54 PM PT No
 
Good luck and success in 2021 to all of you!
 
 
Edit: Format Errors
post edited by Benq08 - 2021/01/03 06:20:16
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/04 10:29:43 (permalink)
Got mine shipped today!
Bought it for MSRP from https://www.pccomponentes.com/evga-geforce-rtx-3080-ftw3-ultra-gaming-10gb-gddr6x
I've bought from them before, they are very reliable and with good prices! Haven't ever needed support to be honest, but I'm only buying from manufacturers who offer good support and direct RMA process if I can help it, like EVGA.
 
Too bad my PSU of 1050W short-circuited or something and I'm running on a 600W one until my main PSU is replaced (Thermaltake's RMA sucks by the way, at least in Europe).
Wishing you all the best guys, see you in the 4000 series 3-months queue!
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/06 15:34:34 (permalink)
Good Evening, here is the first daily report for the EU queues in 2021!
Today's moves are in bold, following some confusion the dates have been corrected, the 3060 Ti FTW is now 37 minutes away from entering December 6th.
 
Name                        SKU      Latest Emailed Date
3090 FTW3 Ultra        3987     9/24/2020 9:33:47 AM PT
3080 XC3 Ultra          3885     9/17/2020 7:18:46 AM PT
3080 FTW3 Ultra        3897     9/17/2020 7:14:00 AM PT
3070 XC3 Black          3751    10/29/2020 6:13:00 AM PT
3070 XC3 Ultra           3755    10/29/2020 6:13:00 AM PT
3070 FTW3 Ultra         3767    10/29/2020 6:12:00 AM PT
3060 Ti XC Gaming   3663    12/06/2020 12:55:48 AM PT
3060 TI FTW             3667    12/05/2020 12:23:00 PM PT
 
Please remember to post your timestamps from https://eu.evga.com/community/myNotifies.asp if you receive an email!
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/10 13:23:47 (permalink)
I'm having tough time to monitor email at work. Have we already founded their schedule to send notifications in EU? 
 
Ferit82
Hello, I am from Germany. Today I have received a notification email, that the 3080 Ultra FTW3 is available and that I can order it. 
I have activated notification on 17th of September 7:14 a.m. 
Of course I have ordered it. Can‘t wait holding the card in my hand.

At what time you got yours?

Are you feeling lucky? 

 
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/10 14:03:25 (permalink)
Nada1
I'm having tough time to monitor email at work. Have we already founded their schedule to send notifications in EU? 

There is no shedule at present, Jacob works in the US sales and the shipping process is quite different from the US.
Orders from the european stores (eu. de. fr.) are shipped direct from Taiwan, so the european stock is managed at the factories in Asia.
I don't have emails for Mondays, latest emails are on a Tuesday, which seems to mirror the US queue behaviour. But that's just speculation from my part.
 
One thing I can assure to everyone reading this is that emails are being sent for european orders, I managed to find quite a few "happy owners" who got their cards around early December via the EVGA store.
 
The queues are moving, but very few people are reporting their progress so it gives the impression that nothing is happening.
post edited by BovineGamer - 2021/01/10 14:06:30
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 03:58:20 (permalink)
I'm not so sure that we (EU) are getting a fair shake of the stick then Bovine. Like you, i do think people are getting notified, but it would seem only on a number of cards skus.
For example, and I posted this over in the main thread, the 3090 FTW3 Ultra's are up to Oct 10th or so on the N.A. (North American) queue, but so far not one single person here in the EU had reported that they got their card here!? 
 
Sure, technically it could be possible that we still haven't moved off day zero, *and* (additionally) everyone who got a card was a person who either didn't sign up to your excellent spreadsheet, or didn't revert back to the thread and update the spreadsheet, but I'd find that assumption statistically questionable. With my own 9/26 queue position compared to the N.A. queue, we should have gotten beyond the end of Sept. Yeah, I get the whole thing that they are shipped directly from Taiwan etc - but that doesn't really explain it. 
 
While what you say....
    "The queues are moving, but very few people are reporting their progress so it gives the impression that nothing is happening."
I believe that is true, but the _rate_ for the 3080/3090's are very questionable - at least compared to the N.A. queue. 

No, someone in EVGA needs to start diverting a few cards into the EU channel. Come on guys, some 300 million people in the EU :-) 
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 04:20:10 (permalink)
I have entered on these days:
 
10G-P5-3883-KR 12/21/2020 2:20:11 AM PT No
10G-P5-3885-KR 12/21/2020 2:18:06 AM PT No
10G-P5-3881-KR 12/20/2020 1:07:20 PM PT No
 
Guess I can expect a card around 2022 
 
BTW Many people from Poland here I see, even from the same thread 
post edited by remekra - 2021/01/11 04:22:13
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 05:49:06 (permalink)
10G-P5-3897-KR 9/17/2020 9:06:24 AM PT No
post edited by red_zary - 2021/01/11 05:57:17


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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 05:59:54 (permalink)
alandoy
I'm not so sure that we (EU) are getting a fair shake of the stick then Bovine. Like you, i do think people are getting notified, but it would seem only on a number of cards skus. 
For example, and I posted this over in the main thread, the 3090 FTW3 Ultra's are up to Oct 10th or so on the N.A. (North American) queue, but so far not one single person here in the EU had reported that they got their card here!? 
 
Sure, technically it could be possible that we still haven't moved off day zero, *and* (additionally) everyone who got a card was a person who either didn't sign up to your excellent spreadsheet, or didn't revert back to the thread and update the spreadsheet, but I'd find that assumption statistically questionable. With my own 9/26 queue position compared to the N.A. queue, we should have gotten beyond the end of Sept. Yeah, I get the whole thing that they are shipped directly from Taiwan etc - but that doesn't really explain it. 
 
While what you say....
  "The queues are moving, but very few people are reporting their progress so it gives the impression that nothing is happening."
I believe that is true, but the _rate_ for the 3080/3090's are very questionable - at least compared to the N.A. queue. 

No, someone in EVGA needs to start diverting a few cards into the EU channel. Come on guys, some 300 million people in the EU :-) 

EU needs some love too 
 
I have this:
10G-P5-3897-KR 9/17/2020 8:22:34 AM PT.
 
It is only a hour from last update (10 of Dec) but probably a thousand others in queue between us. :D

Are you feeling lucky? 

 
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 06:05:35 (permalink)
Nada1
I have this:
10G-P5-3897-KR 9/17/2020 8:22:34 AM PT.
 

 44 minutes difference. Once you get yours I should expect mine within like 2 months or something  


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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 07:16:22 (permalink)
And I'm just after that ... how many people can you put into 3min order window? 180 ... one bot every second lol :)

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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 07:35:23 (permalink)
certainly that situation is unprecedented, I wonder if that queue even works at all and if it's first in first out schedule or some random/unknown order. 
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 09:17:17 (permalink)
It's supposed to be "FIFO" (First In First Out), and indeed everything we've seen suggests that it is that way, but that thinking is based on the North American queue, which appears to be working, albeit slower than our cousins would like across the pond. For EU, it would appear from the data that I've seen that is working also , but only for a _limited_ number of skus. 
 
I say that as it's just not possible that the North American 3090 FTW3 Ultra would be on Oct 10th or so, and the EU equivalent is on Sept24th.  That suggests to me that they aren't allocating 3090 physical cards to this queuing system for this case at least. 
I'd hope to be wrong on that, but all the evidence (which must be said is conjecture) points me to believe that the queue hasn't moved *at all* since it was setup for that sku. 
 
All that said, given the inflated prices I've seen on eBay and other sites, I'd rather wait out my time here, give BovineGamer a 3% "Associate code bump" for doing some leg work than give a scalper some money to justify their actions. 
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 11:03:14 (permalink)
alandoy
It's supposed to be "FIFO" (First In First Out), and indeed everything we've seen suggests that it is that way, but that thinking is based on the North American queue, which appears to be working, albeit slower than our cousins would like across the pond. For EU, it would appear from the data that I've seen that is working also , but only for a _limited_ number of skus. 
 
I say that as it's just not possible that the North American 3090 FTW3 Ultra would be on Oct 10th or so, and the EU equivalent is on Sept24th.  That suggests to me that they aren't allocating 3090 physical cards to this queuing system for this case at least. 
I'd hope to be wrong on that, but all the evidence (which must be said is conjecture) points me to believe that the queue hasn't moved *at all* since it was setup for that sku. 
 
All that said, given the inflated prices I've seen on eBay and other sites, I'd rather wait out my time here, give BovineGamer a 3% "Associate code bump" for doing some leg work than give a scalper some money to justify their actions. 


I am not an associate, it's 100% volunteer work, a bit of a bummer that they reduced the 5% as it would more or less cover shipping costs, but I am not in a hurry, have my 1080 Ti still going well and taking the time to buy the other components I already had planned.
 
As for the theory that some SKUs are not being produced... that very same theory exists on the US side, EVGA has been quick to clamp down those rumors but there is a perception that more profitable SKUs are given priority. But, that's just speculation.
 
My personal opinion is that the company is still adapting to a new reality, in the past you would deal with EVGA via autorized dealers, these dealers would sell you the card, RMA you the card and pretty much handle everything EVGA related.
Now they have a direct channel that needs to compete for stock, stock that needs to be split with the US Online Shop, the US Retailers and the International Retailers. That is a lot of channels to fill up and considering suplies are low... I would not like to be in the shoes of whoever runs the storage in Asia.
 
I want to believe this year logitics will be improved, the 3060 Ti has certainly moved WAY sooner than the other SKUs, so we have seen some improvements. The "water cards" are also an example of how EVGA seems to be takign taking a bit more carefull, only retailers are carrying those, which could be an indication that they have not enough units to open a new queue. I actually favour that thinking, it's better NOT TO OPEN something you already know will not be fullfilled.
 
That said, I expect a new flood on the 3080 Ti, this one I am certain will show up on the store.
post edited by BovineGamer - 2021/01/11 11:08:10
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 11:17:21 (permalink)
alandoy
I'm not so sure that we (EU) are getting a fair shake of the stick then Bovine. Like you, i do think people are getting notified, but it would seem only on a number of cards skus.
For example, and I posted this over in the main thread, the 3090 FTW3 Ultra's are up to Oct 10th or so on the N.A. (North American) queue, but so far not one single person here in the EU had reported that they got their card here!? 
 
Sure, technically it could be possible that we still haven't moved off day zero, *and* (additionally) everyone who got a card was a person who either didn't sign up to your excellent spreadsheet, or didn't revert back to the thread and update the spreadsheet, but I'd find that assumption statistically questionable. With my own 9/26 queue position compared to the N.A. queue, we should have gotten beyond the end of Sept. Yeah, I get the whole thing that they are shipped directly from Taiwan etc - but that doesn't really explain it. 
 
While what you say....
  "The queues are moving, but very few people are reporting their progress so it gives the impression that nothing is happening."
I believe that is true, but the _rate_ for the 3080/3090's are very questionable - at least compared to the N.A. queue. 

No, someone in EVGA needs to start diverting a few cards into the EU channel. Come on guys, some 300 million people in the EU :-) 


"statistically improbable"... well,  enewt has made an interesting remark about the K|nkP|n queue a few days ago, he believes his numbers reflect only 33 to 50% of the total, that's big chunk of people, Europe is WAY larger and more diverse with language and cultural barriers. I would say it is quite possible considering there was a lot of frustration initially.
post edited by BovineGamer - 2021/01/11 11:23:23
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 11:30:07 (permalink)
BovineGamer
 
I am not an associate, it's 100% volunteer work, a bit of a bummer that they reduced the 5% as it would more or less cover shipping costs, but I am not in a hurry, have my 1080 Ti still going well and taking the time to buy the other components I already had planned.
 
As for the theory that some SKUs are not being produced... that very same theory exists on the US side, EVGA has been quick to clamp down those rumors but there is a perception that more profitable SKUs are given priority. But, that's just speculation.
 
My personal opinion is that the company is still adapting to a new reality, in the past you would deal with EVGA via autorized dealers, these dealers would sell you the card, RMA you the card and pretty much handle everything EVGA related.
Now they have a direct channel that needs to compete for stock, stock that needs to be split with the US Online Shop, the US Retailers and the International Retailers. That is a lot of channels to fill up and considering suplies are low... I would not like to be in the shoes of whoever runs the storage in Asia.
 
I want to believe this year logitics will be improved, the 3060 Ti has certainly moved WAY sooner than the other SKUs, so we have seen some improvements. The "water cards" are also an example of how EVGA seems to be takign taking a bit more carefull, only retailers are carrying those, which could be an indication that they have not enough units to open a new queue. I actually favour that thinking, it's better NOT TO OPEN something you already know will not be fullfilled.
 
That said, I expect a new flood on the 3080 Ti, this one I am certain will show up on the store.




Sorry, my fault I should have been more clear with my suspicions. It's not so much that they aren't producing some skus, favoring more profitable skus, but rather my point was that it would seem for the EU market - we don't seem to be getting a fair slice of the pie......at least for the queues which appear to be moving in the N.A. queue. You could of course argue over what is a "fair slice" :-), but  for the EU queues which have *zero* movement.....that's not a fair slice IMHO. I get the assumptions and the lack of actual visibility what's going on behind the curtain, but the math doesn't add up and I think at least for some skus our EU pot isn't getting a lot. 
 
That said, I actually think EVGA have done a sterling job here. Sure, we can ****-an-moan, but for the most part they are dealing with a problem that they didn't create. Bear in mind that they WANT to sell you cards. If it was up to them, they'd open the floodgates and there would be a card for everyone in the audience - but they are stifled by the lack of components. Some say it's the GPU's, some others DDR6......while in reality it's probably a bit of everything at different times I reckon. 
 
Though I'm not sure I agree with your thinking there about opening/not opening queues and what not. Ultimately there's only a finite set of customers, if that customer gets his/her card via a retailer (or not) they aren't going to buy another card via the alternative channel. Having a (lets assume working :-) ) queuing system helps on a number of fronts. It helps alleviate bots/scalping. Gives customers some sort of expectation that they will get a card and not rely on "pot luck" of F5'ing the Amazon page when it's in stock. I think most people are by nature patient if they know their time will come. I'm waiting 4 months now and while I don't like it, feeding a scalper feels "dirty" to me...... :-) 

I wish EVGA would go one step further and release the queue positions. I understand why they might not want to do that as it exposes more behind the scenes how they are allocating their stock to their various channel internally, but my thinking is that they are unique currently in the GPU space with a queue at all. They could force even more/better brand loyalty by implementing a state of the art procurement queue system - bearing in mind that they get €€€ for every card sold via their own channel or retailers. 
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 11:43:35 (permalink)
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"statistically improbable"... well,  enewt has made an interesting remark about the K|nkP|n queue a few days ago, he believes his numbers reflect only 33 to 50% of the total, that's big chunk of people, Europe is WAY larger and more diverse with language and cultural barriers. I would say it is quite possible considering there was a lot of frustration initially.


The KingPin cards are sort of a special case, and I wouldn't use it to read much one way or the other. Firstly you have to be a member of the club to order one, so on that grounds alone, your away from the normal (even arduent gamers like me) folk. Shelling out a fairly sizable wad of wonga too - makes them in a demographic that would be different from (say) your 3060Ti buyers.....not that there's anything wrong with a 3060Ti by the way - I'd quite like one for my flightsim rig, which would be a nice step up from my 980Ti in there at the mo. 

Nahh, my suspicions on the 3090 queue stem from all the people we've seen on the N.A. forums who've gotten a card via the queue system. the fact that we don't have one positive case of the same in the EU......it just doesn't seem likely to me. With similar population in EU verses USA & Canada (give or take)....you'd expect there to be some in Europe. It's odd that there's none - seems broken to me. That said, I applaud the fact that others are getting 3080's and the like - great to see. 
 
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 11:58:26 (permalink)
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I am not an associate, it's 100% volunteer work, a bit of a bummer that they reduced the 5% as it would more or less cover shipping costs, but I am not in a hurry, have my 1080 Ti still going well and taking the time to buy the other components I already had planned.
 
As for the theory that some SKUs are not being produced... that very same theory exists on the US side, EVGA has been quick to clamp down those rumors but there is a perception that more profitable SKUs are given priority. But, that's just speculation.
 
My personal opinion is that the company is still adapting to a new reality, in the past you would deal with EVGA via autorized dealers, these dealers would sell you the card, RMA you the card and pretty much handle everything EVGA related.
Now they have a direct channel that needs to compete for stock, stock that needs to be split with the US Online Shop, the US Retailers and the International Retailers. That is a lot of channels to fill up and considering suplies are low... I would not like to be in the shoes of whoever runs the storage in Asia.
 
I want to believe this year logitics will be improved, the 3060 Ti has certainly moved WAY sooner than the other SKUs, so we have seen some improvements. The "water cards" are also an example of how EVGA seems to be takign taking a bit more carefull, only retailers are carrying those, which could be an indication that they have not enough units to open a new queue. I actually favour that thinking, it's better NOT TO OPEN something you already know will not be fullfilled.
 
That said, I expect a new flood on the 3080 Ti, this one I am certain will show up on the store.




Sorry, my fault I should have been more clear with my suspicions. It's not so much that they aren't producing some skus, favoring more profitable skus, but rather my point was that it would seem for the EU market - we don't seem to be getting a fair slice of the pie......at least for the queues which appear to be moving in the N.A. queue. You could of course argue over what is a "fair slice" :-), but  for the EU queues which have *zero* movement.....that's not a fair slice IMHO. I get the assumptions and the lack of actual visibility what's going on behind the curtain, but the math doesn't add up and I think at least for some skus our EU pot isn't getting a lot. 
 
That said, I actually think EVGA have done a sterling job here. Sure, we can ****-an-moan, but for the most part they are dealing with a problem that they didn't create. Bear in mind that they WANT to sell you cards. If it was up to them, they'd open the floodgates and there would be a card for everyone in the audience - but they are stifled by the lack of components. Some say it's the GPU's, some others DDR6......while in reality it's probably a bit of everything at different times I reckon. 
 
Though I'm not sure I agree with your thinking there about opening/not opening queues and what not. Ultimately there's only a finite set of customers, if that customer gets his/her card via a retailer (or not) they aren't going to buy another card via the alternative channel. Having a (lets assume working :-) ) queuing system helps on a number of fronts. It helps alleviate bots/scalping. Gives customers some sort of expectation that they will get a card and not rely on "pot luck" of F5'ing the Amazon page when it's in stock. I think most people are by nature patient if they know their time will come. I'm waiting 4 months now and while I don't like it, feeding a scalper feels "dirty" to me...... :-) 

I wish EVGA would go one step further and release the queue positions. I understand why they might not want to do that as it exposes more behind the scenes how they are allocating their stock to their various channel internally, but my thinking is that they are unique currently in the GPU space with a queue at all. They could force even more/better brand loyalty by implementing a state of the art procurement queue system - bearing in mind that they get €€€ for every card sold via their own channel or retailers. 


It's a loose-loose situation, but at least EVGA is trying to make things as best as possible, their decision to keep 2020 prices until April is unprecedented and very welcoming for those chilling in the lines.
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 12:16:57 (permalink)
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"statistically improbable"... well,  enewt has made an interesting remark about the K|nkP|n queue a few days ago, he believes his numbers reflect only 33 to 50% of the total, that's big chunk of people, Europe is WAY larger and more diverse with language and cultural barriers. I would say it is quite possible considering there was a lot of frustration initially.


The KingPin cards are sort of a special case, and I wouldn't use it to read much one way or the other. Firstly you have to be a member of the club to order one, so on that grounds alone, your away from the normal (even arduent gamers like me) folk. Shelling out a fairly sizable wad of wonga too - makes them in a demographic that would be different from (say) your 3060Ti buyers.....not that there's anything wrong with a 3060Ti by the way - I'd quite like one for my flightsim rig, which would be a nice step up from my 980Ti in there at the mo. 

Nahh, my suspicions on the 3090 queue stem from all the people we've seen on the N.A. forums who've gotten a card via the queue system. the fact that we don't have one positive case of the same in the EU......it just doesn't seem likely to me. With similar population in EU verses USA & Canada (give or take)....you'd expect there to be some in Europe. It's odd that there's none - seems broken to me. That said, I applaud the fact that others are getting 3080's and the like - great to see. 
 


Well... we certainly have different ways to see things  , but I like these discussions.
Given that the K|ngP|n released much later to a select number of people that are suposed to be regulars in the forum and when everything was running for months, I found surprising the reporting numbers were that low, I mean, enewt basically turned the checkout thread into a trap for timestamps. It would be amazing if we europeans could get a similar trend running here. But Until we can get the EU lines "working" we have little data to make other assumptions, although I see a lot of paterns mirroing the US queues.
 
As for the 3090, there is that whole "lots of dead cards" issue that is worrying some folks and card is factually more expensive than any other Ampere by some margin, I have seen some resistance in retailers which indicates that people are not exausting that stock as quick as the 3080, the 3070 also seems to "run out" much later than the 3060 and the 3080 and I don't blame them considering how the benchmarks turned out.
 
Tomorrow is Tuesday, a popular day for emails, hopefully I can catch a few more crumbs on my daily rounds to fill up the reports, I actually dug up one yesterday that should advance one of the 3080 queues, will put it up a little later once I have done my "sniffing round".
 
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 13:41:38 (permalink)
Good Evening, here is the daily status for the EU queues
Recent moves are in bold, today we have the 3080 advancing a few more minutes on both queues.
 
Name                        SKU           Latest Emailed Date
3090 FTW3 Ultra        3987          9/24/2020 9:33:47 AM PT
3080 XC3 Ultra          3885          9/17/2020 8:35:00 AM PT
3080 FTW3 Ultra        3897          9/17/2020 7:18:11 AM PT
3070 XC3 Black         3751          10/29/2020 6:13:00 AM PT
3070 XC3 Ultra          3755          10/29/2020 6:13:00 AM PT
3070 FTW3 Ultra        3767          10/29/2020 6:12:00 AM PT
3060 Ti XC Gaming    3663          12/6/2020 12:55:48 AM PT
3060 TI FTW             3667           12/05/2020 12:23:00 PM PT
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 14:11:09 (permalink)
So nvidia has an event planned for tomorrow where people assume they'll announce a 3080ti, I wonder will people remove their 3080 notification alerts and move them all to the 3080ti?
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 14:14:59 (permalink)
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So nvidia has an event planned for tomorrow where people assume they'll announce a 3080ti, I wonder will people remove their 3080 notification alerts and move them all to the 3080ti?


No chance, most people are playing safe and keeping their spots until their cards arrive.
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Re: What's going on with EU and 3080's? 2021/01/11 22:49:04 (permalink)
Auch...That is 4 minutes in a month in Ultra's :s

Are you feeling lucky? 

 
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