Steve used Liquid Nitrogen so the card would be running too cool to trip the 6 post caps.

Thanks for the update! Much appreciated. 

jayrwar
Can anyone confirm they have an FTW3 Ultra 3080 and successfully OC'd past 2Ghz without crashes?

2340 MHz no crashes with 6 SP Caps, all consumer FTW3s have 4 SP Caps and 20 MLCCs

tlaack
So are the XC3 cards okay?  I have one on order through Amazon and am not sure if I need to cancel it.

From what we know, yes. Should be okay for two reasons : 
- Should boost / OC less than FTW3, so like Jacob said : " EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 series with 5 POSCAPs + 10 MLCC solution is matched with the XC3 spec without issues. " meaning XC3 shouldn't get that issue unless you push it beyond boosting (manual OC, and even then not sure you'll experience that). Note that I use " should / shouldn't " and not " won't " because I speak with information and knowledge I have right now
- It's  the reference layout that NVIDIA sent to partners manufacturers. They (Nvidia) just went to 2 MLCC to biff it up more, same for EVGA FTW3. Above would seem counterproductive though, it's all about equilibrium.

So I have the 3080 xc ultra and I'm getting major hitching in most games, anyone else experiencing this?

Still find it odd they used 220uF instead of 470uF, or 2 of each like the FE, for the SP Caps.  Unless the FE used 22uF on the MLCCs and EVGA is using 47uF...would have equal capacitance...but this is the FTW3...would expect better.  Strix looks to be rolling with 47uF for all 60 MLCCs per Buildzoid...giving more capacity with a better component.

Grateful for information but not lets forget they knew about this for some time now and never said anything until the customers had to find out on their own. This could have been information given BEFORE launch to let people know about shortages of cards. Great they fixed and added MLCC caps... I would hate to be a gigabyte purchaser right now. 

So you are a reviewer? Only reviewers got the 6 SP cap versions.

Huntercyril
 
From what we know, yes. Should be okay for two reasons : 
- Should boost / OC less than FTW3, so like Jacob said : " EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 series with 5 POSCAPs + 10 MLCC solution is matched with the XC3 spec without issues. " meaning XC3 shouldn't get that issue unless you push it beyond boosting (manual OC, and even then not sure you'll experience that). Note that I use " should / shouldn't " and not " won't " because I speak with information and knowledge I have right now
- It's  the reference layout that NVIDIA sent to partners manufacturers. They (Nvidia) just went to 2 MLCC to biff it up more, same for EVGA FTW3. Above would seem counterproductive though, it's all about equilibrium.

Thank you!  I didn't follow that part due to seeing the reference uncover.  My brain thought "oh no, not good, it doesn't match the base model!"  Thanks for the explanation.

I don't blame EVGA all. NVIDIA provided flawed specs and the withheld the drivers needed to test the card to make sure the performance remained secret. EVGA delayed their release to fix the problem they identified during testing. NO consumers were affected. To me, they did everything right.

Certainly EVGA comes off looking better than some of their competitors who didn't catch it and sold the faulty 6 POSCAP design.