30xx Series Founders Edition

[DrCrabHands]

With the reaction speed of a narcoleptic slug and scouring that microscopic captcha for a bicycle I missed out on 3080 FE for the 5th time.

Got a 3090 instead. YOLO.

 

[chrcoluk]

Looking at the OCUK updates most of there 3080’s come in batches of 10’s or less. What makes you think the FE are any different.

The success rate is too high for it to be that small.

People getting one from ***competitor hinting*** is like looking for a pea in the haystack, but is more and more FE success stories, also someone leaked the drops are over 200 units. I think partners could be selling direct to miners, which is why FE appears to out supply them.

 

[g67575]

someone leaked the drops are over 200 units.

Lol, is that all. Maybe Nvidia thinks that isn't enough to justify doing pre-orders for FEs.

 

[Cleeecooo]

congrats which model

looks like nvidia landed all 4.

I got a 3080 and also a 3090 for a friend. Hoping they don't cancel my 3080 because I ordered 2 FE cards!

 

[chrcoluk]

I got a 3080 and also a 3090 for a friend. Hoping they don't cancel my 3080 because I ordered 2!

Would you blame them?

 

[chrcoluk]

Lol, is that all. Maybe Nvidia thinks that isn't enough to justify doing pre-orders for FEs.

Beats the sub 5 drops of the partner cards.

 

[Shaolin Chicken]

I got a 3080 and also a 3090 for a friend. Hoping they don't cancel my 3080 because I ordered 2 FE cards!

There's a chance it could be cancelled.

 

[A2B]

i'm off my PC for 30mins for the first time this week, and this happens. sigh.

 

[chrcoluk]

i'm off my PC for 30mins for the first time this week, and this happens. sigh.

You already have a FE I see in your sig.

 

[Minstadave]

Lol, is that all. Maybe Nvidia thinks that isn't enough to justify doing pre-orders for FEs.

Pre-orders would cause nothing but trouble when demand is as high as it is.

 

[g67575]

Pre-orders would cause nothing but trouble when demand is as high as it is.

I can't see how, if it's just a case of waiting in a long que (if the prices remain at RRP). The retailer might not like dealing with any problems that occur though.

And as itron pointed out, Nvidia allowed pre-orders for the RTX 2000 series.

 

[A2B]

You already have a FE I see in your sig.

yeah until I saw the benchmarks for the video editing I need it for, where the 80 is much faster than it is in games. so it's worth the extra for me.

 

[bayo000]

I can't see how, if it's just a case of waiting in a long que (if the prices remains at RRP). The retailer might not like dealing with any problems that occur though.

I'm glad they're not doing pre-orders otherwise I'd still be waiting. I appreciate that I got extremely lucky but I managed to get my 3080FE only couple of days after I decided that I want one.

 

[Radox-0]

I got a 3080 and also a 3090 for a friend. Hoping they don't cancel my 3080 because I ordered 2 FE cards!

If its different days would imagine its fine. Got few FE cards on different occasions. Mostly as initial ones had whine, but was fine.

 

[g67575]

I'm glad they're not doing pre-orders otherwise I'd still be waiting. I appreciate that I got extremely lucky but I managed to get my 3080FE only couple of days after I decided that I want one.

The trouble is, it means people who don't watch their PC / phone notifications during the day can't get one. It's not remotely fair

 

[mid_gen]

Poop. I missed the notification.

Still not buying a 3090.

Might as well wait for the 3080ti now....

 

[bayo000]

The trouble is, it means people who don't watch their PC / phone notifications during the day can't get one. It's not remotely fair

Life's not fair

 

[markuk80]

Hi guys,

I’m around 190 in the queue for an MSI Trio 3080, but with no idea of delivery date I tried and failed for the 3080FE drop earlier. Saw the 3090 in stock (think it still is) and purchased that instead!

Having buyers remorse already! But after nearly five months I’m tired of waiting and chasing phantom 3080 stock alerts.

What do you guys think. Keep it or cancel and wait it out for the 3080. I’m currently on an r390 trying to play FS2020 at 10fps....

 

[g67575]

Does anyone know how long the RTX 3080 FE stock was available for earlier? Was it just a few minutes?

 

[ltron]

Interesting, would be good to hear Nvidia's reasoning on not allowing pre-orders for the RTX 3000 series.

How long did people have to wait when pre-ordering a RTX 2070/2080 FE?

Not long at all, I think I got my pre-ordered 2080 TI FE very early in the October of 2018. I can't remember the precise release date. Unfortunately, it was faulty and I refunded it and went back to my GTX 1080 as I regretted spending so much.