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ghastlyone
Clear your browser cookies and site info. I had to do this on Firefox and the site started loading for me again. Only happened right at launch for some reason.

Thank you! Yes, it looks like EVGA changed its authe cookies and broke something. Worked after I nuked the EVGA cookies. Had to do the same on all my devices/systems. 
 

Mattler
I feel like EVGA kinda cheaped out. ASUS did things right. 

 
And yet, if you look at the original Newegg photos, the ASUS 3080 TUF and Strix both are shown with 6 poscaps too.  The issue appears to have blindsided practically every single AIB. 

Asus have screwed up in the past so they learned their lesson well.

SprayingMango
This is cute and all but ASUS is shipping cards with 6 MLCC, which seems like the best solution. Why isn’t EVGA doing the same?

Because that would be overdoing it and add another additional 36 failure points?  MLCC has it's own long term issues like losing capacitance.

Gotta love EVGA. Awesome job.

What about the 3080 Hybrid? What's the config on it?

Asus is using all MLCC's for their cards and they sell Tuff at MSRP.    I dont think I am going EVGA anymore. 
 
 I am waiting for now to see what happens with the 3070.   Probably gonna get a Tuff version instead of the XC3.    I wont get price gouged and they will use better components. 

Evga FTW
 

I'm glad Jacob was able to clear this up for us. Makes me much happier to know that these cards are built to last. 

guitarwar241
I'm glad Jacob was able to clear this up for us. Makes me much happier to know that these cards are built to last. 

Yea he's great!

Avolate
Asus is using all MLCC's for their cards and they sell Tuff at MSRP.    I dont think I am going EVGA anymore. 
 
 I am waiting for now to see what happens with the 3070.   Probably gonna get a Tuff version instead of the XC3.    I wont get price gouged and they will use better components. 

All MLCCs aren't "better". They have their own issues that they have to balance out.

I'm glad EVGA caught this when making their boards.