NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080Ti to be "available" on June 3rd, RTX 3070Ti on June 10th

hlennie · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:16

No ti for me gave up trying with the 3080. Good news though I’m at step 4 for evga step up so 3090 ftw ultra should be incoming very soon. People payed more for a 3080 than I have for the step up

wish u guys all the best getting one of those overpriced ti’s

SmileTolerantly · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:17

AyeAyeAhoy! said:
I had a friend’s go through at about 2:40. So at least 40mins, assuming they did go live at 2pm

I saw them go live a couple of minutes after 2pm (with the boat captcha to give notice), but saw a buy button once. I clicked it within a second and it already said unavailable.

Paper launch.

MCFC_ANDY · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:19

the funny thing is the aib's/retailers are pretty much killing the pc gaming market, i guess its fill your boots to cover the slowdown in future

AyeAyeAhoy! · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:20

SmileTolerantly said:
I saw them go live a couple of minutes after 2pm (with the boat captcha to give notice), but saw a buy button once. I clicked it within a second and it already said unavailable.

Paper launch.

Did you refresh for the full 40 odd mins? I literally logged on at about 2:30, hit refresh for a min or two and the buy button appeared. Went and got my mate from his office, all which took a while, and order went through.

hughtrimble · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:20

SmileTolerantly said:
Paper launch.

What does this mean?

I hope it's 'Only a Paper Moon' reference.

RipGroove · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:20

Where are you lot setting up telegram alerts? And how?

tyler_jrb · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:21

AyeAyeAhoy! said:
Did you refresh for the full 40 odd mins? I literally logged on at about 2:30, hit refresh for a min or two and the buy button appeared. Went and got my mate from his office, all which took a while, and order went through.

I was there as soon as it showed on nvidia website at 14:05, refreshing the page constantly until around 14:45 buy button didn’t show up once so I had no option to buy it. Something dodgy going on there with scan.

Many here in the same boat it seems. Had it on Laptop, pc and phone and no buy button on any of them. Must have refreshed the page a good 1-200 times or more.

SmileTolerantly · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:21

AyeAyeAhoy! said:
Did you refresh for the full 40 odd mins? I literally logged on at about 2:30, hit refresh for a min or two and the buy button appeared. Went and got my mate from his office, all which took a while, and order went through.

Yep. Three AIBs appeared just after 2. Didn't see my first buy button until about 30 minutes in (when another two appeared), then it never reappeared.

Gazanimal · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:22

hughtrimble said:
What does this mean?

I hope it's 'Only a Paper Moon' reference.

It refers to the cards were only available on paper, not actual stock for anyone to buy.

AyeAyeAhoy! · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:23

tyler_jrb said:
I was there as soon as it showed on nvidia website at 14:05, refreshing the page constantly until around 14:45 buy button didn’t show up once so I had no option to buy it. Something dodgy going on there.

Many here in the same boat it seems. Had it on Laptop, pc and phone and no buy button on any of them.

SmileTolerantly said:
Yep. Three AIBs appeared just after 2. Didn't see my first buy button until about 30 minutes in (when another two appeared), then it never reappeared.

Yeah, something’s up then. How odd. I wonder what the criteria for the buy button appearing on any given ‘refresh’ are.

SmileTolerantly · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:23

hughtrimble said:
What does this mean?

I hope it's 'Only a Paper Moon' reference.

I wish.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=paper launch

Essentially, the rumours that the 3080ti launch were delayed so that they could yield enough chips to fill inventory weren't true. They launched a product that wasn't really available.

MCFC_ANDY · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:24

there arent as many as i thought on the bay, so either they were bought by flush gamers, or miners that think they can hack the hash rate

random_matt · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:24

Gazanimal said:
It refers to the cards were only available on paper, not actual stock for anyone to buy.

What's the point of that though?

AyeAyeAhoy! · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:25

MCFC_ANDY said:
there arent as many as i thought on the bay, so either they were bought by flush gamers, or thick miners that think they can hack the hash rate

Or miners who are hoping that nvidia ‘accidentially’ remove the limit… again.

Dave2150 · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:26

RipGroove said:
Where are you lot setting up telegram alerts? And how?

Download telegram app
Google Telegram FE PartAlert
Click join, it'll launch your app
Keep app open, and click the links when they get advertised!

stuartam · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:26

Lots on eBay for 2.5k to 3k guess that’s where they all went

Joxeon · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:26

I'm supprised there wasn't more stock of the 3080ti's considering nvidia have had plenty of time to build it up.

Jay-G25 · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:27

RipGroove said:
Where are you lot setting up telegram alerts? And how?

Telegram app on your phone and then join the group " FE PartAlert " , i then set a unique notification sound for that particular app. It works perfectly just make sure your ready and set up on the site it links to when the notifications come through . Had no issue getting a 3080 FE and also had a 3090 added to the basket but its obviously one per customer. Good Luck

Harlequin · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:27

SmileTolerantly said:
I think I might just stick with the 1080ti that I bought from OC years back. Part of me wonders if getting twice the performance for almost twice the money is really progress anyway. Another part of me wonders if the miners will flood the market with used cards once Ethereum goes Proof of Stake (hopefully this year) and bring the price and availability of new cards back to reasonable levels.

Or just get an RX 6900 XT.....

RipGroove · 3 Jun 2021 at 16:28

Nevermind, I found the telegram app and groups.