PC The official RTX 3000 series launch event thread & subsequent quest to strive in vain to find one!

[Zaku3]

5 minutes ago, Xbob42 said:

Can deal with... what, exactly? Just looked like someone filming their card for several seconds.

 

I think the power cable might be too close to his fan and it's making noise. Haven't watched the video because I am working but I think that is his problem. 

[Link200]

4 minutes ago, Zaku3 said:

 

I think the power cable might be too close to his fan and it's making noise. Haven't watched the video because I am working but I think that is his problem. 

I'm going with him trolling us

[Zaku3]

10 minutes ago, Link200 said:

I'm going with him trolling us

 

He misses the red LED color.

[thedarkstark]

2 minutes ago, NextGen said:

 

The god awful buzzing/hissing it makes. It's especially audible for the first 4 seconds or so.

puncture your ear drums, it will heighten your vision. win:win

 

[Xbob42]

19 minutes ago, NextGen said:

 

The god awful buzzing/hissing it makes. It's especially audible for the first 4 seconds or so.

Don't sit 2 inches from your case? Stick it on the floor like a normal person.

[Link200]

Password issue fixed! I should be good for the Gigabyte drop tonight. Aorus is supposedly launching at 9:00 or 9:30 EST

[thedarkstark]

3 minutes ago, Xbob42 said:

Don't sit 2 inches from your case? Stick it on the floor like a normal person.

what kind of heathen would do such a thing? I'll bet you just stick your cable/satelite box into your entertainment center and don't spend hours staring at it giving it the TLC it deserves as well? You make me sick.

[Rev]

3 minutes ago, Link200 said:

Password issue fixed! I should be good for the Gigabyte drop tonight. Aorus is supposedly launching at 9:00 or 9:30 EST

There's a gigabyte drop tonight? Who announced it?

[Link200]

7 minutes ago, Rev said:

There's a gigabyte drop tonight? Who announced it?

 

[Rev]

6 minutes ago, Link200 said:

 

Thanks!

[Zaku3]

All in for a master. 

[Xbob42]

Just now, NextGen said:

It's very audible sitting at the desk, and the PC is on the floor, y'know under the desk.

 

It's actually getting worse the more I use it. Probably going to RMA.

Put a blanket over your case!

[Link200]

5 minutes ago, NextGen said:

It's very audible sitting at the desk, and the PC is on the floor, y'know under the desk.

 

It's actually getting worse the more I use it. Probably going to RMA.

Throw some water on it. It will get real quiet!

 

 

[Keyser_Soze]

4 hours ago, NextGen said:

I don't know if I can deal with this;

 

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Clean the glass on your case you slob!

[Link200]

I turned off my bot to set it up for the gigabyte launch and the fuckers dropped other cards

 

Apparently NewEgg turns on their bot detection for the big 3080 drops. It wasn't on the last 24 hours. Interesting. Oh well

 

[Rev]

I'm pretty sure I just got the EVGA FTW3! It charged me and is "packaging" now.

[Ominous]

1 minute ago, Rev said:

I'm pretty sure I just got the EVGA FTW3! It charged me and is "packaging" now.

From where 

[Rev]

Just now, Ominous said:

From where 

Newegg had a batch right at 6 pacific. I just randomly refreshed and saw it right at the right second. It sold out within a minute. 

[stepee]

8 minutes ago, Rev said:

I'm pretty sure I just got the EVGA FTW3! It charged me and is "packaging" now.

 

FUCKING SAME.

[Link200]

I just got wrecked. The gigabyte guy posted the wrong link. Effed everyone in that reddit thread.

[Zaku3]

8 minutes ago, Link200 said:

I just got wrecked. The gigabyte guy posted the wrong link. Effed everyone in that reddit thread.

 

Same. This launch is such an epic fail. Release date for RDNA2 I am heading to microcenter as soon as I get off work the day before.

[Rev]

9 minutes ago, Link200 said:

I just got wrecked. The gigabyte guy posted the wrong link. Effed everyone in that reddit thread.

Jesus, I was just reading the reddit thread. That guy might want to hire some personal security lol. That launch was why I happened to see the ftw3. I was looking for the Aorus.

[Link200]

So I decided to give it one more go. It popped up in inventory at 9:48. I got to checkout with the same familiar not in stock message at the end.

 

 

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/gigabyte-geforce-rtx-3080-10g-gddr6x-pci-express-4-0-graphics-card-black/6436223.p?skuId=6436223

 

I'm refreshing this at 10. Maybe it will drop here?

 

edit: nope

[Zaku3]

I hate scalpers but if I could get a EVGA FTW Ultra for 1K I'd take it just to end this nonsense.

[thedarkstark]

1 hour ago, stepee said:

 

FUCKING SAME.

I am stoked for you guys... but you're not allowedto get your cards before me! 

[Rev]

Lol looks like an estimated shipping date of 10/5 so should get them by 10/9 I think (provided we don't get cancelled). 

[Rev]

[Xbob42]

Hope you guys get yours soon. Upgrading from my 1080 Ti has been a damned revelation. The 1080 Ti was never realistically a 4k card, so when I got my 4k monitor and tried Doom Eternal on my 1080 Ti, it ran pretty poorly maxed out. Maybe 30-40 FPS. It just felt bad.

I pop this bad boy in and at the exact same maxed out settings and resolution, I'm getting 120 FPS locked.

Playing Control at max settings (and "performance" DLSS) and getting 70-90 FPS at almost all times is crazy. The game looks and feels so much better. The reflections are insane. Seeing an entire room reflected back in the convex plastic of a cheap clock hanging on the wall, while the polished wood behind it is doing the same but in an obviously different way due to the material, it's soooo fucking good.

And finally Minecraft RTX, where you get to play with these things on your own and build cool rooms and worlds with absolutely incredible lighting, I haven't enjoyed a GPU upgrade like this in YEARS.

I hope it's not coming across as rubbing it in, because I had to fight for this fuckin' card too, but I'm just saying, once you do finally get it, it's a damn good time.

[stepee]

I got my digital rewards and it shipped with an eta of Tuesday.

[Xbob42]

I'm over here looking at my PS5 pre-order now like

[Mr.Vic20]

1 hour ago, Xbob42 said:

Hope you guys get yours soon. Upgrading from my 1080 Ti has been a damned revelation. The 1080 Ti was never realistically a 4k card, so when I got my 4k monitor and tried Doom Eternal on my 1080 Ti, it ran pretty poorly maxed out. Maybe 30-40 FPS. It just felt bad.

I pop this bad boy in and at the exact same maxed out settings and resolution, I'm getting 120 FPS locked.

Playing Control at max settings (and "performance" DLSS) and getting 70-90 FPS at almost all times is crazy. The game looks and feels so much better. The reflections are insane. Seeing an entire room reflected back in the convex plastic of a cheap clock hanging on the wall, while the polished wood behind it is doing the same but in an obviously different way due to the material, it's soooo fucking good.

And finally Minecraft RTX, where you get to play with these things on your own and build cool rooms and worlds with absolutely incredible lighting, I haven't enjoyed a GPU upgrade like this in YEARS.

I hope it's not coming across as rubbing it in, because I had to fight for this fuckin' card too, but I'm just saying, once you do finally get it, it's a damn good time.

Not at all sir, it sounds like you are really enjoying your new hardware, good for you! 

[Link200]

2 hours ago, Xbob42 said:

I hope it's not coming across as rubbing it in, because I had to fight for this fuckin' card too, but I'm just saying, once you do finally get it, it's a damn good time.

Not at all. You arguably need it more than me. I am rocking a 2080 Super. Not exactly a slouch of a card.

 

I would like to have a 3080 by Cyberpunk though. I think it is doable.

[thedarkstark]

I'm so over this shit, if amazon delays or cancels my order I'm switching to AMD.

[cusideabelincoln]

2 hours ago, Xbob42 said:

Hope you guys get yours soon. Upgrading from my 1080 Ti has been a damned revelation. The 1080 Ti was never realistically a 4k card, so when I got my 4k monitor and tried Doom Eternal on my 1080 Ti, it ran pretty poorly maxed out. Maybe 30-40 FPS. It just felt bad.

I pop this bad boy in and at the exact same maxed out settings and resolution, I'm getting 120 FPS locked.

Playing Control at max settings (and "performance" DLSS) and getting 70-90 FPS at almost all times is crazy. The game looks and feels so much better. The reflections are insane. Seeing an entire room reflected back in the convex plastic of a cheap clock hanging on the wall, while the polished wood behind it is doing the same but in an obviously different way due to the material, it's soooo fucking good.

And finally Minecraft RTX, where you get to play with these things on your own and build cool rooms and worlds with absolutely incredible lighting, I haven't enjoyed a GPU upgrade like this in YEARS.

I hope it's not coming across as rubbing it in, because I had to fight for this fuckin' card too, but I'm just saying, once you do finally get it, it's a damn good time.

 

You should have been getting twice that performance in Doom Eternal with a 1080 Ti.

[Xbob42]

2 minutes ago, cusideabelincoln said:

 

You should have been getting twice that performance in Doom Eternal with a 1080 Ti.

At 4k/maxed settings? I dunno as I don't follow 1080 Ti benchmarks, but another issue is that my card was starting to really struggle with hitting my set thermal limits (84c) which was also causing performance drops. Typically only under very heavy loads, as now that my wife is using it to play FFXIV at 1080p she's getting like 5x the performance of whatever old AMD GPU she had in her machine.