Verified Actual Gamer Program Information [See Best Answer / 2021-10-08 update]

[Loxworth]

No VAGerino

[Padblaze]

22 hours ago, Loxworth said:

No VAGerino

do you even know if they have cards available?

[Kilrah]

22 minutes ago, Padblaze said:

do you even know if they have cards available?

There's nothing that says we'll always know in advance if they do...

[Loxworth]

No VAG today, video was already uploaded to FP 20 hrs ago

[tzenrick]

I just posted this to @linustech on twitter as well, but:

 

How about a Verified Actual Gamer Consignment program? I can send you the RX 580 that I upgraded from, you test it, you set a fair price, you list it and sell as used/working to a Verified Actual Gamer on a budget, and you take a cut. How's 25% sound for your cut?

 

Due to the tweet limit:

 

I want to see this card that's never seen a day of mining, get some more use out of it, but I don't want to deal with the shitshow that is eBay. I don't want to sell a working card and then have the customer contest the sale because of whatever reason they want to scam me.

[Amongalen]

3 hours ago, tzenrick said:

I just posted this to @linustech on twitter as well, but:

 

How about a Verified Actual Gamer Consignment program? I can send you the RX 580 that I upgraded from, you test it, you set a fair price, you list it and sell as used/working to a Verified Actual Gamer on a budget, and you take a cut. How's 25% sound for your cut?

 

Due to the tweet limit:

 

I want to see this card that's never seen a day of mining, get some more use out of it, but I don't want to deal with the shitshow that is eBay. I don't want to sell a working card and then have the customer contest the sale because of whatever reason they want to scam me.

I think you've forgot about one thing: shipping costs. The GPU itself is worth maybe 100$. Even if both you and the potential buyer would be from Canada, the double shipping cost (first to LTT and then to the buyer) would be like 40$? And for worldwide shipping that's 100+$ - totally not worth it, especially for 5 years old gpu.

Also, I highly doubt it would be worth the hussle to resell a single, second hand, old gpu - even for 25% cut or whatever.

[nolukjustskil]

13 hours ago, tzenrick said:

I just posted this to @linustech on twitter as well, but:

 

How about a Verified Actual Gamer Consignment program? I can send you the RX 580 that I upgraded from, you test it, you set a fair price, you list it and sell as used/working to a Verified Actual Gamer on a budget, and you take a cut. How's 25% sound for your cut?

 

Due to the tweet limit:

 

I want to see this card that's never seen a day of mining, get some more use out of it, but I don't want to deal with the shitshow that is eBay. I don't want to sell a working card and then have the customer contest the sale because of whatever reason they want to scam me.

i think linus mentioned something like this when he first started talking about it, and then said it wouldnt be worth it. all that extra time and effort getting hardware, testing, cleaning, reselling. 

[mactipiak]

Selling used hardware is complicated enough directly with local people.

 

Back when I got my 970 some years ago I tried to sell the previous one (660Ti? I think) it was a mess even for the 50€ I was selling it for. I had tested it, unigine heaven benchmarked it. 30 minutes after the sale the person called me saying it wasn’t working, went to their place to troubleshoot a potential psu too weak so they ended up asking to get their money back and I went home with my card. I decided it was simpler to keep it as memorabilia haha

 

In 2021,of course in the current situation, an older GPU can still be a lot more interesting with the prices, but I’d favor local sales. 
 

Ah, FedEx hits me with the Irish VAT! I can stop hoping I won’t be spotted haha. 
there might have been a way to reduce the 18€ fee but honestly I just want this sorted at this stage.

https://i.imgur.com/OEDmrA2.png

 

Edited May 17, 2021 by mactipiak
Vat info added, link updated

[CaptainFluffy]

Just got my 6800XT installed. I know AMD and NVidia released some Ｔ　Ｈ　Ｉ　Ｃ　Ｃ　bois this gen, but wow. Seeing it side by side with my last card is something else. 

 

I don't know if Linus is watching this thread, but thank you. I've been actively trying everything I can do to get my hands on any card I could for months and never got close to getting anything.

 

[OCNewbee]

was the hotmail thing a VAG? I cant get into moomoo_the_cow@hotmail.com

[Junction Runner]

48 minutes ago, OCNewbee said:

was the hotmail thing a VAG? I cant get into moomoo_the_cow@hotmail.com

Weird, didn't reply apparently 

 

I'm curious about that too, I missed the video launch by 15 minutes because of my crappy boss putting me on a early shift and I was driving. 

 

Working again now borrowing a car at least.

 

Would be cool if there was an email sitting in the account for the first person with a free GPU. I tried the reset process using the po code from where Linus went to school but no joy lol.

[AlexP11223]

2 hours ago, OCNewbee said:

was the hotmail thing a VAG?

It cannot be. All recent videos were published on FP earlier.

[Ruslanets]

4 hours ago, OCNewbee said:

was the hotmail thing a VAG? I cant get into moomoo_the_cow@hotmail.com

Where was it? Can I have a timecode?

[Persicaria]

Finally got my 6800XT too. Thanks LTT and ASUS for the opportunity to purchase a GPU at MSRP, although it blew pass my budget I'm not gonna complain.

Got charged tax of $53.28, glad it wasn't much more.

 

Really Beefy GPU and one unfortunate side effect is that this GPU heatsink doesn't like being 90 degrees rotated in my Silverstone RV01. It hits 110c Junction within seconds running a game. Had to then rotate my case instead

[Andreas Lilja]

On 5/16/2021 at 2:51 PM, tzenrick said:

I just posted this to @linustech on twitter as well, but:

 

How about a Verified Actual Gamer Consignment program? I can send you the RX 580 that I upgraded from, you test it, you set a fair price, you list it and sell as used/working to a Verified Actual Gamer on a budget, and you take a cut. How's 25% sound for your cut?

 

Due to the tweet limit:

 

I want to see this card that's never seen a day of mining, get some more use out of it, but I don't want to deal with the shitshow that is eBay. I don't want to sell a working card and then have the customer contest the sale because of whatever reason they want to scam me.

25% cut doesn't seem much, more so for a that old card.

 

Personally I'd trade my 1080Ti for a MSRP 3080 tho

[OCNewbee]

4 hours ago, Ruslanets said:

Where was it? Can I have a timecode?

Near the end of the last video

[OCNewbee]

8 hours ago, Junction Runner said:

Weird, didn't reply apparently 

 

I'm curious about that too, I missed the video launch by 15 minutes because of my crappy boss putting me on a early shift and I was driving. 

 

Working again now borrowing a car at least.

 

Would be cool if there was an email sitting in the account for the first person with a free GPU. I tried the reset process using the po code from where Linus went to school but no joy lol.

Did u crack it?

[bmlzootown]

1 hour ago, OCNewbee said:

Near the end of the last video

The latest video featuring Linus was released earlier today on YouTube (May 17), but yesterday on Floatplane (May 16). By that logic alone, it should be safe to assume that there was no intended drop there, since that'd give FP subscribers an unfair advantage. And I'm assuming you don't mean the latest video of theirs in general, from TechLinked, as you're responding to a post over 5 hours old (unless I've missed a more obvious video that would fit the description).

 

I doubt they'd have someone try and gain unauthorized access to an email account, anyhow. The whole idea is flawed given that, after a certain number of unsuccessful login attempts, everyone would be locked out of the account (had this happen personally in the past when trying to get into an old account of mine). Not to mention how, er, shady such would be.

 

I could be wrong, granted... But I doubt it.

[Kredbu]

Got my GPU in the mail today. After some assembly difficulty, it looks like everything fits, with fractions of a millimeter space to spare.

 

The build isn't 100% complete yet, cause only the Ryzen +6800xt portion is working, but the other half of the computer will be a classic (win 9x) gaming PC once I get the second psu mount sorted. 

 

That one has an P3+ NVidia 6800xt, so technically it is a dual 6800xt system

 

Huge thanks to LTT. It is hard to get a card if you're willing to accept almost anything, but this build specifically needed a black 6800xt, and I don't know how much longer I would have had to wait to find one.

[mactipiak]

On 5/15/2021 at 1:22 AM, Xyst-Patterns said:

I agree with all of that except that you added "obviously" in there. Short of the US Tariff being removed by the Govt. after the purchase of the 6800XT's would make a change in protocol obvious, in my opinion. 

 

Still waiting to see what's said about the 6800XT's being made in Taiwan.. 

The tax document I received from fedex for Irish VAT also states “TW” as country of origin of that might help. I don’t know the US tariffs rules so you’ll have to make your own investigation. 

3 hours ago, Kredbu said:

Got my GPU in the mail today. After some assembly difficulty, it looks like everything fits, with fractions of a millimeter space to spare.

 

The build isn't 100% complete yet, cause only the Ryzen +6800xt portion is working, but the other half of the computer will be a classic (win 9x) gaming PC once I get the second psu mount sorted. 

 

That one has an P3+ NVidia 6800xt, so technically it is a dual 6800xt system

 

Huge thanks to LTT. It is hard to get a card if you're willing to accept almost anything, but this build specifically needed a black 6800xt, and I don't know how much longer I would have had to wait to find one.

That’s one badass system, I love the dual 6800xt idea  

Wouldn’t it be possible to mount a dual system power supply rather than an SFX unit (if I’m not mistaken in the scale) and mounting another one?

[Kredbu]

5 hours ago, mactipiak said:

That’s one badass system, I love the dual 6800xt idea  

Wouldn’t it be possible to mount a dual system power supply rather than an SFX unit (if I’m not mistaken in the scale) and mounting another one?

 

I considered that, but the only dual psu I could find was a phantek one that was about 300 bucks and silver. I would have had to spray it orange or black, and wasn't entirely comfortable with the rma implications, cause the reviews I was seeing had quite a few reported dying not long after install.

 

I also didn't think of that as an option until I had already purchased one of the two power supplies. Who knows what I would have decided if I had thought of it sooner.

 

I think in the end dual psu will look best, as it will fill out the empty part or the case, just as long as I manage to cable manage things okay.

[OGizmo]

Can someone maybe give me quick explanation what this means or is for?

[Chuckthe5th]

1 hour ago, OGizmo said:

Can someone maybe give me quick explanation what this means or is for?

tl;dr:

It is a "contest" with hints added (temporarily) to random LTT videos to get a chance to prove you are a gamer (or gaming knowledgable) and if you are fast and successful, you can then possibly get to buy a GPU or CPU at MSRP + shipping/tariff costs.

[Kilrah]

The pinned post at the top of the page explains everything?

[breadywastaken]

Is there VAG today, aka is the floatplane vid up yet?