Nvidia delists the RTX 2080 Ti (update: false)

[Nowak]

Sauce: https://www.eteknix.com/geforce-rtx-2080-ti-de-listed-on-nvidias-online-store/

 

So amid a wave of controversy surrounding the flagship RTX 2080 Ti, with Nvidia acknowledging the card's high failure rate, Nvidia has quietly delisted the graphics card from its site, and no longer directly sells the Founders Edition or third-party RTX 2080 Tis to consumers via its own site.

 

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Following the news of NVIDIA finally admitting that something is wrong with the RTX 2080 Ti FE, it appears that they have now stopped selling the offending product on their own web store. However, just like the issue “announcement”, they are doing this discreetly and trying to do it quietly. So far at least.

If you go to the GeForce online web store, you will notice that the RTX 2080 Ti is no longer listed. Although the actual product page is still up, once you click on the “Shop All” button, it will return with zero results (see screenshot below). It is also not listed on the side, with only the RTX 2080 and RTX 2070 present.

This may hint that Nvidia is planning on recalling the 2080 Ti. However, Nvidia has not stated what is wrong with the 2080 Ti.

 

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So far NVIDIA has not been very forthcoming about what is really wrong with the RTX 2080 Ti. Outside of the forum thread at the GeForce forums, there has been no official statement or press release. That forum post is also from a forum moderator, not one of the more familiar company reps.

While Nvidia has a newer version of the 2080 Ti that they are issuing to RMAs, the fact that the 2080 Ti has been delisted shows this is a bigger problem than Nvidia is willing to admit. If the failure rate is as low as they suggested, a few "early test escapes"... there'd be no reason to delist. The fact they did shows there's way more.

 

Also, just for verification, here's the Nvidia store page. I can't say for sure if other storefronts will see a similar delisting of the RTX 2080 Ti, but the fact that Nvidia itself has delisted the 2080 Ti from its own site does not bode well for the graphics card.

 

B- but Nvidia, how can we just buy it if you don't sell it?! We need that ray tracing goodness, so that we can die happily!!!

 

Update:

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Update 18/11/2018 20:29 GMT – A spokesperson from Nvidia has reached out to us to dismiss this story. Stating that the item is simply out of stock. Instead of showing as “out of stock”, the NVIDIA website simply removes the item from the store, which led us to believe that the item had been de-listed. This is false and we apologise for supplying false information. We’ll update again as any information arrises to that fact, or otherwise. 

 

Edited November 18, 2018 by Nowak

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

this has to be the most rushed product in quite some time...

[Canada EH]

6 minutes ago, Nowak said:

Nvidia has not stated what is wrong with the 2080 Ti.

Why would they.

 

The need marketing spin doctors to get back on track.

[MegaDave91]

I'm forever grateful I've decided to stick with my 1080ti; best graphics card purchase to date hands down.

[XR6]

1 minute ago, firelighter487 said:

this has to be the most rushed product in quite some time...

yeah definitely. then again ray tracing is new so nvidia were gonna screw something up badly eventually.

[minibois]

I guess it got RTAxed from their lineup.

 

This has to be one of the most tragic high end video card launches in a long while. 

[Nowak]

4 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

this has to be the most rushed product in quite some time...

They had 2 years.

 

 

2 fucking years.

 

2 minutes ago, MegaDave91 said:

I'm forever grateful I've decided to stick with my 1080ti; best graphics card purchase to date hands down.

I'm sticking to my 1070 myself. I'm partial to having graphics cards that don't fail in less than a month  

[Tummy]

5 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

this has to be the most rushed product in quite some time...

Don't forget the intel 7000-series

 

[Guest]

AMDs time to shine 

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

Just now, Tummy said:

Don't forget the intel 7000-series

 

what was wrong with kaby lake? 

 

1 minute ago, Nowak said:

They had 2 years.

 

 

2 fucking years.

indeed. and no competition.

[Nowak]

Just now, firelighter487 said:

what was wrong with kaby lake? 

Heat.

[Tummy]

Just now, firelighter487 said:

what was wrong with kaby lake? 

 

indeed. and no competition.

I mean kaby-/skylake-X the higher end of the 7000-series

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

1 minute ago, Nowak said:

Heat.

i've never noticed it. i have a system with an i5 7400 in it, and that system was always fine even with the stock cooler. the stock cooler was loud tho...

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

1 minute ago, Tummy said:

I mean kaby-/skylake-X the higher end of the 7000-series

ah ok that makes more sense. 

[Dabombinable]

Remember how it was primarily reference PCB's having issues? Perhaps that's why they've de-listed it.

[TunDrik]

I'm starting to regret my purchase of an RTX 2070. I knew going into it that RTX had not actually been proven to make a difference and bought it purely because it was better than a 1080 and only a little more expensive. I am worried about card failures but I don't believe there have been any reported failures in the lower end RTX cards, just the 2080 TIs.

[Nowak]

1 minute ago, TunDrik said:

I'm starting to regret my purchase of an RTX 2070. I knew going into it that RTX had not actually been proven to make a difference and bought it purely because it was better than a 1080 and only a little more expensive. I am worried about card failures but I don't believe there have been any reported failures in the lower end RTX cards, just the 2080 TIs.

I've heard of some failures of the 2080, but they seem to be far more isolated incidents than the Ti.

[D13H4RD]

I’m guessing bad capacitors, memory and such

[TunDrik]

1 minute ago, Nowak said:

I've heard of some failures of the 2080, but they seem to be far more isolated incidents than the Ti.

Just relying on that nice MSI warranty just in case.

[Nup]

Woah that’s pretty big news. 

[Shoob]

From the article:

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Update 18/11/2018 20:29 GMT – A spokesperson from Nvidia has reached out to us to dismiss this story. Stating that the item is simply out of stock. Instead of showing as “out of stock”, the NVIDIA website simply removes the item from the store, which led us to believe that the item had been de-listed. This is false and we apologise for supplying false information. We’ll update again as any information arrises to that fact, or otherwise. 

 

[Nowak]

2 minutes ago, Pandalf said:

From the article:

Updated!

[Tech_Dreamer]

 

meeym

[patriciadiaz1919]

Any updated 

[Nowak]

2 minutes ago, patriciadiaz1919 said:

Any updated 

It was just out of stock.