flyingtoaster85
This launch couldn't have gone more smoothly considering the limited availability. I feel like most people who really wanted the card was able to acquire one. Anybody who has been paying attention the last 2 days would have known the go-live time. Anybody who has been paying attention the last 2 years would have known Kingpins go to US Elite members first. There will always be a few entitled Karens, but they are the exception, not the rule.

It appeared to be a really smooth launch, but I don't think it is accurate to say that everybody who wanted one was able to get one.  There were folks refreshing at 5:59 that wanted one that didn't get it done.  I am not sure why they didn't, but they woke up, showed up, and don't have a time stamp. 
 
I hope they get theirs soon.

Do we have any baseline performance numbers out of the box or did everyone go straight to LN2 XOC? (meaning Steve, Jay etc.)

degenerate
Do we have any baseline performance numbers out of the box or did everyone go straight to LN2 XOC? (meaning Steve, Jay etc.)

They where hitting 14-14.35k

nova496

degenerate
Do we have any baseline performance numbers out of the box or did everyone go straight to LN2 XOC? (meaning Steve, Jay etc.)

They where hitting 14-14.35k

How does that compare to FE and partner cards?

nova496

degenerate
Do we have any baseline performance numbers out of the box or did everyone go straight to LN2 XOC? (meaning Steve, Jay etc.)

They where hitting 14-14.35k

Any idea of the clocks/temps during those runs? Power limit?

Every time third time (or so) that I edit the OP, it goes into "Approval Pending" so I am going to stop editing for the day.  If there are additional time stamp submissions, I will try to do them in a batch over the weekend.  I think we have enough data points to be able to track where the "invite to purchase" email line resides (once they start flowing). 
 
I remain unclear about whether they will start shipping next week (per @EVGA_JacobF's tweet) or around December 15 (per the product page).  Prior to today, I had understood that they were shipping "mid December".  Hopefully clarity will follow in the hour to come. 
 
Thanks to everybody for participating in this thread.  Hopefully it provides the community some utility over the days and weeks to come. Have a great weekend!

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nova496

degenerate
Do we have any baseline performance numbers out of the box or did everyone go straight to LN2 XOC? (meaning Steve, Jay etc.)

They where hitting 14-14.35k

Any idea of the clocks/temps during those runs? Power limit?



Think it was around 2050-2100 no oc and with a oc and temps down they where hitting 2170+ hitting 15300-15500

nova496

degenerate
Do we have any baseline performance numbers out of the box or did everyone go straight to LN2 XOC? (meaning Steve, Jay etc.)

They where hitting 14-14.35k

Any idea of the clocks/temps during those runs? Power limit?

nova496
Think it was around 2050-2100 no oc and with a oc and temps down they where hitting 2170+ hitting 15300-15500

Good stuff.

This is why EVGA is always my first choice in anything...