Sweet, got my Step 2 email too today! Registered on 12/27/2020 for my part, took roughly 10 months to Step 2.

Guys who have a step up in January please check your emails.  My son got his notify for his step up to the 3080 FTW3 ultra today.  His sign-up date was January 22, 2021 I believe.  He is now in "Step 2".  
 
 
 
 

Awesome news, glad to see people getting their step ups. I also got my Step 2 a few hours ago, signed up on January 07, 2021. 

Gotspeed_2000
Guys who have a step up in January please check your emails.  My son got his notify for his step up to the 3080 FTW3 ultra today.  His sign-up date was January 22, 2021 I believe.  He is now in "Step 2".  
 
 
 
 

Cool, I'm so close! Thank you for the info.

Received my brand spanking new RTX 3080 this afternoon! Unfortunately the box did NOT contain the original EVGA paperwork, only the UPS paperwork that says it is "a computer reproduction of the information document presented to Canada Border Services", so no further clarification.
 
And computer work invariably ends up more involved than one would hope: I had to get an upgraded PSU (to the recommended 750W and with enough connectors for everything) so this evening was spent removing the temporary video card & drivers plus the old PSU and all associated cabling. Then to reinstall a new PSU with all new cables: felt like building a whole new computer again! Only then could I start installing the RTX 3080: this went very, very quickly and painlessly. Sort of 2 hours to do the prep work and then 20 minutes to install the new card! Checked connections, turned on the power and everything booted up beautifully: got to love it (and be grateful!!!). Installed latest released drivers while I was at it. Now to start and update MS Flight Simulator and see how it runs!

My 3080 will be used in fs2020 too. Pm me and Let me know what kind of improvements you see. What card you had before, CPU, etc. If you don't mind.

Congrats!

1/24, got step 2 and 3 today. I almost squealed.

I registered 3/3/21. So close now.

Wow, glad to see some big movements going on, congratulations to those who finally have their cards or are about to get them. Out of curiosity, what cards are those of you who are just receiving your step ups coming from. I still need to wait for everybody who entered the queue with their new 3060ti and I probably got one of the last normal 3060 they had when they sent me an email on 3/9/21 saying I could buy one.
 
I entered the queue the moment I got the 3060 in my hands on 3/10/21 and have been looking forward to the 3080. I was expecting to wait a long time before getting my turn for the 3080 step up, and this is still "long" but I was expecting over a year. I even went out to Best Buy one day during their announced restocks saw the line and said "eff this I'll just wait my turn."
 
I'm happy I got the 3060 for now, my 980ti was dying and restarting my computer at random, if I was lucky I could be on the computer gaming for 2 hours, but most of the time it was within 30 minutes.
 
My computer has gotten a few upgrades since the death of my 980ti, upgrade to 5800x from a 6700k and a nice new 2160p ultrawide. I am salivating at the thought of what the 3080 is going to bring in terms of performance to my ultrawide, the poor 3060 is barely a bump better than my 980ti was and I have been wanting the 3080 since launch.
 
I am hopeful but I also have to remind myself that I have no idea how many more people there are ahead of me and it might still be a long road.

jonny5alive_
My 3080 will be used in fs2020 too. Pm me and Let me know what kind of improvements you see. What card you had before, CPU, etc. If you don't mind.

Unfortunately I do not have 10 posts yet so I cannot send PM's.
 
Result has been good with MSFS. I have a 4K monitor and used to run mostly High settings with my RTX 2060. I did bump up the terrain and object LOD to 200 and trees set to Ultra. With these settings I used to get 23 -25FPS while flying low (1,500ft in a Beech Bonanza) over my home town Vancouver BC. With the same settings, after I installed the 3080, I got 45 - 50fps in the same area, which I felt was a lovely improvement. Also very smooth with no stutters. I then bumped up settings to all ultra but without bloom, depth of field and motion effects (I do not like those as they are not real to me) and glass cockpit refresh at medium. Frame rate dropped down to just over 40 in the same area. Slightly away from the city and at 4,000ft I could get up to 50fps, again very happy. With ultra clouds I did find the frame rate dropping to around 30fps when I got into the cloud, again not unexpected.
 
My setup obviously always used to be limited by the GPU (always @ 100%) with the CPU at around 10-15%. With the 3060 I am still GPU limited (which is as it should be) with the GPU on or at 100% and the CPU at up to 20%. GPU temps are very good: only 74°C with the fans far less noisy than I was used to with the 2060.
 
All in all VERY happy!