Still have my preorder for the Strix OC elsewhere but am barely holding on...
Wont hold my breath but any news from Asus yet regarding these cards Gibbo?
Am close to giving up and getting a FTW or the Gaming Strix from here but am loathed to pay more for what is supposedly a lesser card (out of the box)
Main concern with the Gaming Strix being that - if they are exactly the same bar the stock clocks - surely Asus would be using the better binned chips in the OC model and likewise EVGA holding theirs back for the impending Classified?
Its pretty simple in my eyes. The clocks stated by both EVGA and ASUS are so high that they are struggling to meet them. This in turn means less chips to send out and those less units are spread out rather thinly over the retailers that have them preordered. Some retailers may not get any at all (OCUK).
It is almost interesting to see what happens here as time goes on. I have been waiting since the 29th of May for my STRIX and it looks like im going to have to continue to wait. I wont cancel my preorder as im interested to see how long this goes on for. ASUS have an obligation to serve their resellers with these cards at the clocks stated and i can only imagine how many people are still waiting for them to appear.
Ive been buying GPUs from every Nvidia release since i bought my first 6200 GT back in the day and i have never known anything like the premium aftermarket stock shortages we are seeing with the 1080s. I think another factor in this to consider is Nvidia creating the whole FE thing. Its clear they spent a lot of money on this product and now they want returns. Could it be that they are holding back chips so that they bleed the potential FE market dry by holding out on the after market sellers?
God only knows i guess but one thing is for sure, i have never had to wait over 2 months for a preordered GPU.
Im not blaming OCUK, those guys have always responded when i have asked for an update on my order. I just hope they get stock in soon.