Wow, taking some time. Starting to wonder if I should just wait till the 3080's?

Just wait.. wait for the next great thing and then when it is hard to buy, wait for the next next great thing. Or be patient...

Well, we had the coin miners last year, and this year, we got Nvidia booking out the TSMC fab with full reticle-sized die. 

I don't thinks it's about TSMC yields since the same process is in use by AMD for Zen+ which has fantastic yields.
This is not some new process, but a refined very same as before. It could've been named "16nm+++".

nVidia is maybe simply keeping the production low. They're probably trying to pressure 10-series sales since AIBs and nVidia itself have a huge amount of those. nVidia forced AIBs to buyout all the preorders.

toncij
I don't thinks it's about TSMC yields since the same process is in use by AMD for Zen+ which has fantastic yields.
This is not some new process, but a refined very same as before. It could've been named "16nm+++".

nVidia is maybe simply keeping the production low. They're probably trying to pressure 10-series sales since AIBs and nVidia itself have a huge amount of those. nVidia forced AIBs to buyout all the preorders.

I think if that had been the case, it would have been much simpler just to delay release of the cards.

the Question is, when will be the 2080 ti XC Ultra available in Germany?
till now no eVGA Distributor can tell me a Date....

d.burnette
I think if that had been the case, it would have been much simpler just to delay release of the cards.

 
Might be, but it makes me wonder... 7nm is definitely going to volume prod. in 2019. I somehow don't think nVidia is going to let AMD take the market with it. 7nm yields significant density improvements.
What could've made nVidia rush Turing out? 7nm? I suspect Turing was not ready (as our developer SDKs weren't either and still aren't complete), but 2019 and 7nm are soon, CES is soon. I believe nVidia and AMD will go with a new series on 7nm in 2019 and make Turing short-lived.

My 2080TI FE from Nvidia will be here on the 23rd.  I have to admit that I really hated to leave the EVGA fold but the wait was just too much so I ordered directly from Nvidia.

tirrorex

marek2209

stylistics
the Question is, when will be the 2080 ti XC Ultra available in Germany?
till now no eVGA Distributor can tell me a Date....

It has been in stock on 9th October in the EVGA DE Shop. For a few minutes.

So it seems there is a share stock between the evga EU stores?
Was 16h17 right?

Yep, exactly.

I hope it takes a while! I got a pile of unused hardware for my build and it's all making amazing paperweights and door stops. /s
 
But yeah in all honesty it's taking a lot of patience now, It's been very tempting to just grab an FE or Zotac 2080 ti, since they've been out for a little while now. But yeah I got my heart set on the FTW3, I guess I'm in it for the long run.

bcavnaugh
I did get at least one card yesterday

Congratulations on picking one up. They should start to show up more often as the supply starts to meet the initial rush.

Has the FTW3 been available? People keep mentioning the notifications but I haven't gotten any yet. 

The Nvidia reference 20180 ti has been in stock all day. Hopefully that is good news. This is going to be my last week holding out for an Evga FTW. Come the 29th I am pulling the trigger on what ever I can get. Please just let me order and take my money. If I have to wait a few weeks for it to be shipped I am good with that at least then I'd know I will get one. 

Wraith.
Founders Edition is available from Nvidia site

Gingertechy
The Nvidia reference 20180 ti has been in stock all day. Hopefully that is good news. This is going to be my last week holding out for an Evga FTW. Come the 29th I am pulling the trigger on what ever I can get. Please just let me order and take my money. If I have to wait a few weeks for it to be shipped I am good with that at least then I'd know I will get one. 

This is becoming super tempting. When they cut off pre-orders the ship date was showing pushed back to December which is why I decided to wait for EVGA RTX 2080 Ti FTW3 Hybrid. Now that they are available to order again and would get it by November I'm back to considering picking up the FE

The FE isn’t in stock. It’s a preorder with an estimated ship date. Still, worlds better than an email notification in which availability is nearly instantly back to zero.