Nvidia Ceased 3080/90 FE on their site?

Draven · 15 Oct 2020 at 19:04

Is this correct guys there no longer selling the founders?
is this solely due to over demand that they cannot supply?

DarrenM343 · 15 Oct 2020 at 19:11

We have heard your feedback regarding the NVIDIA online store and are working to improve the experience.

In the meantime, we will be selling our GeForce RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 Founders Edition through other partners. In the US, you can shop for Founders Edition at <removed> - <removed> and <removed> . In Europe, we continue to review Founders Edition fulfillment options.

Founders Edition units are limited, and more will be available in the coming weeks alongside an increasing supply of boards from our global board partners.

I think people are reading different things. I see it as likely temporary although may choose to continue to also use 3rd parties in future when they sort out their online store(s). I put a few key things in bold

Draven · 15 Oct 2020 at 19:21

hopefully Europe will be ok then,I wonder if its just to allow the 3rd party manufacturers to forfill their backlog or some deeper problem,surely by nvidia ceasing founders it puts more pressure on manufacturers

flea.rider · 15 Oct 2020 at 19:43

there passing the cost on to others.. as there losing/breaking even money on a founders .. £150 cooler ?
selling just the chip makes a huge difference. there never will be a lot of founders cards about

Grim5 · 15 Oct 2020 at 20:31

RTX3090 has been cancelled cause RDNA 2 is too good

Draven · 15 Oct 2020 at 20:39

Grim5 said:
RTX3090 has been cancelled cause RDNA 2 is too good

lol bit embarrassing for em

KiNgPiN83 · 16 Oct 2020 at 14:03

They are probably readying their S versions for AMD's GPU release... Who knows the 76 original 3080's and 14 original 3090's they sold might be worth something one day as rare tech.

Darujhistan · 16 Oct 2020 at 14:06

FE was a marketing ploy nothing more than that.

Aretak · 16 Oct 2020 at 14:25

Darujhistan said:
FE was a marketing ploy nothing more than that.

Pretty much. That MLID video from before launch said that they had no intention of selling many FEs because the cooler was way too expensive to manufacture. So it's proven. The 3080 FE cooler is rubbish anyway, so it's no great loss.

LePhuronn · 16 Oct 2020 at 14:47

Nvidia will still make FEs to perpetuate the MSRP lie, but they will be rare as hen's teeth. The cards you can actually buy will continue to be £800+

adrichardson81 · 16 Oct 2020 at 14:54

Aretak said:
Pretty much. That MLID video from before launch said that they had no intention of selling many FEs because the cooler was way too expensive to manufacture. So it's proven. The 3080 FE cooler is rubbish anyway, so it's no great loss.

The only advantage with the FE is it's the smallest card (though EVGA does have something similar).

zoffster1 · 16 Oct 2020 at 15:01

This seems like a big middle finger to everywhere outside of the USA.

Darujhistan · 16 Oct 2020 at 15:29

Aretak said:
Pretty much. That MLID video from before launch said that they had no intention of selling many FEs because the cooler was way too expensive to manufacture. So it's proven. The 3080 FE cooler is rubbish anyway, so it's no great loss.

Really? I thought the cooler was pretty good...

So, a vapourware card, with an expensive cooler that's crap anyway. What a launch.

It all looked so good for Amphere in Jensen's kitchen, since then it has completely crashed and burned.

Kaapstad · 16 Oct 2020 at 15:38

Darujhistan said:
Really? I thought the cooler was pretty good...

So, a vapourware card, with an expensive cooler that's crap anyway. What a launch.

It all looked so good for Amphere in Jensen's kitchen, since then it has completely crashed and burned.

To say it crashed and burned is to imply that Ampere's launch has actually taken off.

varkanoid · 16 Oct 2020 at 15:44

Draven said:
Is this correct guys there no longer selling the founders?
is this solely due to over demand that they cannot supply?

its already been mentioned in one of the other main threads. Good Purchase are handling FE's in the US for Nvidia and there are rumours rainforest is also doing it. Apparently they were seen on other european sites eg Italy.

ShakeNBake · 16 Oct 2020 at 15:46

varkanoid said:
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no competitors names br0 or u get teh banhammer

Darujhistan · 16 Oct 2020 at 15:57

Kaapstad said:
To say it crashed and burned is to imply that Ampere's launch has actually taken off.

True enough. On papere though ampwhere did look good.

Mean Mr Mustard · 16 Oct 2020 at 16:35

Darujhistan said:
FE was a marketing ploy nothing more than that.

Exactly.

Nvidia: Look everyone at these great new cards at the low, low price of £649!
Everyone: Neat. Can I have one please?
Nvidia: No

Darujhistan · 16 Oct 2020 at 16:46

Mean Mr Mustard said:
Exactly.

Nvidia: Look everyone at these great new cards at the low, low price of £649!
Everyone: Neat. Can I have one please?
Nvidia: No

But here's an AIB card for another £150 and we've partnered up with retailers for a nice at launch gouge - and then if you're a good boy we might get your card to you next March. Thanks for your purchase valued customer.

Internet in 2022: "When can we pre-order the 4080"?

Grim5 · 16 Oct 2020 at 20:06

Darujhistan said:
True enough. On papere though ampwhere did look good.

hopefully naviwhere 2.0 doesn't derail from the hype track