*** NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 SERIES STOCK SITUATION - NO COMPETITOR DISCUSSION ***

[MoX_Farrow]

Pretty sure they have been recalled to fit the redesigned connector.

At least we hope that's the reason for the delay. If a container ship arrives with an original batch and I get a faulty one I'll not be amused.

 

[John Harris]

It'll bite them in the a*s in the end. Personally I don't care that much about extra features that Ampere offers i.e Ray tracing, RTX Voice and I/O, new features via GFE overlay etc. Most games that I play now doesn't even make use of them. Until they'll be broadly implement into the games (and their engines) Ampere will be obsolete and replaced by Hopper/Navi successor, well at least in my rig. I might miss the RTX voice features it seems to be useful for chat and conferencing.

So I might end up with a GPU based on Big Navi in the end (and that's depends on the raw performance in VK and DX12) bought from retailer that can guarantee delivery within reasonable manner and I truly hope that this time AMD won't screw up, after all RDNA 1st has been announced EOL and the entire TSMC 7nm previously used for it is now intended for production RDNA 2nd gen.

This is pretty much the golden opportunity for AMD to regain market share.

I'm thinking along the same lines. I need a far beefier GPU for VR purposes - I have the Reverb G2 on order, and that's going to need some power to keep it chugging at ful res. Not sure if all of the fancy Nvidia stuff is needed - so perhaps if AMD have their house in order, I'll go that route and cancel the mythical Eagle OC that doesn't seem to ship.

 

[b0otneck]

Strix OC has turned as rare as rocking horse ****.

 

[Generalray]

At least one person ahead of us cancelled, so you're at least 53 now.

I had the original e-mail, I am queue pos 163. Gibbo subsequently stated they had sent some out but did not get a revised position. People who are as low as 5 in the queue have not recieved a revised position either...

 

[BurnieJNR]

Heres hoping to regular deliveries this week now Golden Week is over and production is back on.

 

[WesleyBurns]

Morning fellow picketors.

 

[hobib_ali]

i would think Asus would be churning out cards like hotcakes, well more than any other brand, Asus cards are built by automated machines, thats 100% no human manufacturing, so when the Asus cards land they will be in stock for everyone.

 

[peds]

Strix OC has turned as rare as rocking horse ****.

Morning all.

I am assuming they are going through some sort of QA process to provide the best chips for these cards. Running in peak performance is what ASUS are more likely to be aiming for surely?

 

[Dynarush333]

i would think Asus would be churning out cards like hotcakes, well more than any other brand, Asus cards are built by automated machines, thats 100% no human manufacturing, so when the Asus cards land they will be in stock for everyone.

Automation doesn't change the fact of Nvidia being short on supply

 

[sp3ctre]

At least we hope that's the reason for the delay. If a container ship arrives with an original batch and I get a faulty one I'll not be amused.

I imagine they may be intercepted when they hit Europe and fixed...

 

[Flake87]

i would think Asus would be churning out cards like hotcakes, well more than any other brand, Asus cards are built by automated machines, thats 100% no human manufacturing, so when the Asus cards land they will be in stock for everyone.

There a worldwide PCB shortage which has apparantly caused this production issue, you can't assemble anything without a PCB.

 

[Doct0r]

Good morning friends. Anyone care to wager on cards coming in this week? I feel like we might see some EVGA and maybe even some ASUS! I'd like to see MSI but I have a bad feeling.

 

[Thancred]

On the 18th OCUK said “Later in the week, Asus cards arriving are the TUF OC and Strix OC”

so what happened to the 3080 Strix OCs

 

[Bazz21uk]

There a worldwide PCB shortage which has apparantly caused this production issue, you can't assemble anything without a PCB.

I don't buy that reasoning. If that was the case everybody would be struggling but they're not. only nvidia. If everybody else saw the demand for a card with more performance at similar(or less) cost being substantial then how the brains at nvidia didn't is beyond me. It screams publicity stunt to me. Most people are going to wait patiently (whilst moaning a little bit lol) for their nvidia card. See what happens with the 3070. Maybe they expected that one to be the most popular so have plenty ready to go. the delaying the launch would make me think that theyre close and those extra couple of weeks will put lots of stock in etailers ready to go.

Only guesses mind. Whoever really knows whats going on isn't talking right now

 

[Flannnn]

Anyone else not even had a queue position sent to them? Gigabyte gaming OC

Yup gigabyte vision, no queue number yet.

 

[LordBeggar]

Did anyone get card from Overclockers? When and what card?

 

[Flake87]

I don't buy that reasoning. If that was the case everybody would be struggling but they're not. only nvidia. If everybody else saw the demand for a card with more performance at similar(or less) cost being substantial then how the brains at nvidia didn't is beyond me. It screams publicity stunt to me. Most people are going to wait patiently (whilst moaning a little bit lol) for their nvidia card. See what happens with the 3070. Maybe they expected that one to be the most popular so have plenty ready to go. the delaying the launch would make me think that theyre close and those extra couple of weeks will put lots of stock in etailers ready to go.

Only guesses mind. Whoever really knows whats going on isn't talking right now

Oh but they are struggling! Unlike most I don't post wild unfounded statements so here's some evidence for you https://elmatica.com/news/going-pcb-laminate-market/

 

[peds]

Good morning friends. Anyone care to wager on cards coming in this week? I feel like we might see some EVGA and maybe even some ASUS! I'd like to see MSI but I have a bad feeling.

3080s will defo land in UK this week. Whether OcUK get any is another matter.

I am tracking the detail provided by competitors to see the "liklihood" of stock. In part due to morbid curiosity and part to see if OcUK pull their finger out their rear and provide a hint of customer service information. Even at this late stage rescueing customer confidence would go along way for future sales. The danger otherwise is people will be happy to be scammed or go to the jungle for their components.

 

[Jules_]

Good morning friends. Anyone care to wager on cards coming in this week? I feel like we might see some EVGA and maybe even some ASUS! I'd like to see MSI but I have a bad feeling.

Morning, I won't hold my breath! Would be nice though. MSI has a delay at the other place, so it's not looking hopeful. Would be interesting if we get some here at OCUK depending on how the distribution works.

 

[LoZeno]

Anyone else not even had a queue position sent to them? Gigabyte gaming OC

Some of us never received it (MSI Ventus here). We probably never will, because I suspect that the way they made the queue position script has some odd parameters passed to a sql query that does not return all the legit results.
I gave up on receiving it when I saw that some Ventus were shipped, people received their updated positions, and I did not receive anything. I tried calling and I was told it's impossible that I didn't receive the email, so I was even called a liar by CS.

OCuk has some stellar customer support, really. Perfectly splendid.