Is NVIDIA Planning to Recall the RTX 2080 Ti?
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.
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.
Is the Problem Bigger than NVIDIA Would Like to Admit?
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.
Although we know that NVIDIA is issuing a new variant of the card to users who have problems. User noxqzs over at the HardOCP forums have even posted a photo of the different packaging this new version has. Confirming what our sources have told us earlier that it has a darker colour.
The fact that it is now de-listed on the web store suggests that this is a bigger problem. Bigger than what NVIDIA would like to admit. If it is indeed only a few “early test escapes” that are faulty, then why de-list the line entirely? Especially if there are new variants ready to replace them, or even new non-faulty variants on the way.
If something is wrong with the GPU itself, it is NVIDIA’s responsibility to admit it to consumers. Instead of trying to hide the issue.
Thought this was click bait and then saw it for myself. Interesting as I am an owner of one of these cards and it recently went bad. Currently is being RMA’d..
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/rtx-2080-ti/
Listed as “out of stock” as it has been on and off since launch…
The lighter colored boxes were counterfeit cards that reached their way into the supply-chain
There was a report of an rtx 2080ti catching fire. There are problems. They’re there with a tiny bit of research
I have an EVGA 2080ti FTW3 on back order. Is it just the FE variants of the card or is this a 3rd party issue too?
If they have confirmed that it’s simply out of stock, why are you still distributing the whole article with all its incorrect speculation?
Will you please stop acting like some vigilante investigative reporter. Quit activing like nvidia is trying to hide everything Man U guys have no idea how corporate world works. Just please stop trying to make stories into something more than it really is. Just sound immature and stupid. There is an old saying, if you don’t know what you are talking about, shutup. And even the fool will seem wise if he keeps his mouth closed.
Seriously if there is a problem with the hardware nvidia will make it right, even ignite it takes a little time. Ever thought about trying to be a positive voice rather than the old nagging hag voice. Damn just stop
Having shopped the nVidia store during the GPU shortage… they have never taken something off the store when out of stock. In the past they only put out of stick with a “notify me” button to send an email when the product is in stock.
Exactly, this is why we wrote the article to reflect that it was a bit odd.
Kudos to owning up to ypur mistake and not just pulling the article. more news outlets need to be like this.
Thanks 🙂
Change the title if you know its false.
Why would we change the title? It was de-listed. The title is literally true of what actually happened.
Nvidia lies. The 10 series stayed up on the store saying out of stock for over a year.
I wanna call BS… it has always either said “in stock” or “notify me”.
So many fanboys, it’s not out of stock, Nvidia f*ed up. 2080Ti’s are dying out of thin air. If it was out of stock they would’ve put the “notify me” button as they always did.
Maybe you could call the company before writing a false article next time…
On a Sunday? If we checked with every single company before we publish anything, it wouldn’t be justifiable. Can you imagine if a company went bankrupt for instance and we asked them, do you think they’d tell us? Hell no they wouldn’t.