Phawx
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Was just checking to see if EVGA put up the 1080 yet. Then I saw that they are only selling the Founder's Edition.
So I checked the other manufacturer's websites and they are only selling the Founder's Edition as well.
https://www.msi.com/Graphics-cards/#?category=NVIDIA-GeForce<sup>®</sup>-1080-Series
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5910#kf
https://www.zotac.com/product/graphics_card/geforce-gtx-1080#spec
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6180-KR
So if you were looking to buy a GTX 1080 at launch, be prepared to spend an extra $100. I don't know what this means for yields but I would anticipate stock being pretty low. One way to curb people from buying something just to resell later on is to do one of these tactics.
I can see why they are doing it, but it seems like a shitty thing to do to the people who are your best customers.
As a side note, to anyone that was looking at buying at GTX 1070 at launch, be prepared for these same shenanigans.
Thanks to Millsington:
So I checked the other manufacturer's websites and they are only selling the Founder's Edition as well.
https://www.msi.com/Graphics-cards/#?category=NVIDIA-GeForce<sup>®</sup>-1080-Series
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5910#kf
https://www.zotac.com/product/graphics_card/geforce-gtx-1080#spec
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=08G-P4-6180-KR
So if you were looking to buy a GTX 1080 at launch, be prepared to spend an extra $100. I don't know what this means for yields but I would anticipate stock being pretty low. One way to curb people from buying something just to resell later on is to do one of these tactics.
I can see why they are doing it, but it seems like a shitty thing to do to the people who are your best customers.
As a side note, to anyone that was looking at buying at GTX 1070 at launch, be prepared for these same shenanigans.
Thanks to Millsington:
Seems confirmed by an EVGA Forums Mod: