{ "schema_version": "1.0", "page_kind": "article", "pack_kind": "generate", "slug": "a-sealed-3090-ti-after-evga-left", "title": "A sealed 3090 Ti FTW3 Ultra, four years after EVGA left the business", "dek": "A 2022 graphics card, still sealed in 2026, cost more than its chipmaker's published launch price. The company that built it announced in September 2022 that it was leaving the graphics-card business, and never said when it built its last one.", "published": "2026-09-28", "series": [ "notes" ], "licence": "CC BY 4.0", "status": "pending-judge", "pack_note": "no judge is seated, so every chip is held", "notice": "items with published:false are held and are not this page's published words", "source": { "url": "https://research.strata2signal.com/a-sealed-3090-ti-after-evga-left/", "md_url": "https://research.strata2signal.com/a-sealed-3090-ti-after-evga-left/index.md", "md_sha": "9f50d497a173e52b899ae6755370dfd3281b73505182a9f4092b45ce51e14cd0", "html_sha": "5ade1ceb646cd36dca08999fd9742dafb73ba3c9dd3d723f9ee5514ead3d5a10", "anchors_sha": "3ea707bfc2248ebfcc0a3a5c7efbced04f3560ac6c2f2c0568b7407a3931c90b" }, "short": { "paragraph": "many of the graphics cards this workshop keeps buying are EVGA's, and EVGA told two interviewers on 16 September 2022 that it was leaving the graphics-card business. a sealed 3090 Ti FTW3 Ultra came out of its box here on 17 September 2026 at $2,119.99 - $120.99 above the launch price NVIDIA published for the model in March 2022 - and below are six dated readings for cards like it, each quoted from the page that printed it.", "from_dek": false, "counts": { "words": 1547, "minutes": 7, "tables": 1, "kit": false }, "bullets": [ { "text": "an EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming 24 GB cost $2,119.99", "figure": "$2,119.99", "cite": "the-card-that-arrived", "quote": "It cost $2,119.99 - $120.99 above the 29 March 2022 launch price of $1,999 in NVIDIA's own announcement, four and a half years earlier.", "span": [ 1470, 1482 ] } ] }, "sections": [ { "id": "the-card-that-arrived", "heading": "The card that arrived", "level": 2, "span": [ 1163, 2655 ], "chunks": [ [ 1163, 2655 ] ], "chars": 1492, "digest": "an EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 Ultra Gaming 24 GB was ordered 15 September 2026 for $2,119.99. in a test against an EVGA GeForce RTX 3090 XC3 Ultra Gaming 24 GB, it was 8.0 and 22.4 per cent faster at writing text on two models and took 9 to 12 per cent less time per picture.", "digest_skipped": null }, { "id": "what-evga-said-in-september-2022", "heading": "What EVGA said, in September 2022", "level": 2, "span": [ 2655, 3808 ], "chunks": [ [ 2655, 3808 ] ], "chars": 1153, "digest": "on 16 September 2022, EVGA told Gamers Nexus and JayzTwoCents in closed-door interviews that it was ending its partnership with NVIDIA and leaving the graphics-card business. a public report from ServeTheHome agrees and adds that warranties would be honoured.", "digest_skipped": null }, { "id": "the-day-before", "heading": "The day before", "level": 2, "span": [ 3808, 4532 ], "chunks": [ [ 3808, 4532 ] ], "chars": 724, "digest": "Ethereum changed how blocks are made on September 15, 2022. an operator recalls that the best power was at 220 W for 30-series, 3080s or 3090, mining ETH in 2021. a 3090 mined Ethereum, flew Flight Simulator, and now serves language models, draws pictures and trains.", "digest_skipped": null }, { "id": "six-readings-on-named-days", "heading": "Six readings, on named days", "level": 2, "span": [ 4532, 5982 ], "chunks": [ [ 4532, 5982 ] ], "chars": 1450, "digest": "four asking prices and two paid prices for various cards were recorded. a renewed listing for EVGA 3090 XC3 Ultras was $1,449.99 each in May 2026, but was $1,849.99 each on 13 September 2026, which is 28 per cent dearer in four months.", "digest_skipped": null }, { "id": "one-operators-preference", "heading": "One operator's preference", "level": 2, "span": [ 5982, 7005 ], "chunks": [ [ 5982, 7005 ] ], "chars": 1023, "digest": "an operator states a preference that EVGA cards are usually better built than reference cards. an operator has overclocked a 3090 by locking voltage, core and memory speeds, though no voltage curve was touched in the test.", "digest_skipped": null }, { "id": "what-this-page-does-not-know", "heading": "What this page does not know", "level": 2, "span": [ 7005, 7683 ], "chunks": [ [ 7005, 7683 ] ], "chars": 678, "digest": "this page does not know why these boards are still working, whether they keep working, or if they are covered. it does not know what the used market does to a brand that stopped making them or how many boards there are.", "digest_skipped": null }, { "id": "what-to-take-with-you", "heading": "What to take with you", "level": 2, "span": [ 7683, 8310 ], "chunks": [ [ 7683, 8310 ] ], "chars": 627, "digest": null, "digest_skipped": null }, { "id": "how-to-check-our-work", "heading": "How to check our work", "level": 2, "span": [ 8310, 8933 ], "chunks": [ [ 8310, 8933 ] ], "chars": 623, "digest": null, "digest_skipped": "credits" }, { "id": "the-rest-of-the-seminar", "heading": "The rest of the seminar", "level": 2, "span": [ 8933, 9851 ], "chunks": [ [ 8933, 9851 ] ], "chars": 918, "digest": null, "digest_skipped": "credits" }, { "id": "who-ran-this-and-thanks", "heading": "Who ran this, and thanks", "level": 2, "span": [ 9851, 10944 ], "chunks": [ [ 9851, 10944 ] ], "chars": 1093, "digest": null, "digest_skipped": "credits" } ], "chips": [ { "id": "c-cfb74503", "q": "how much more did the card cost than the original launch price?", "a": "The card cost $2,119.99, which was $120.99 above the $1,999 launch price announced by NVIDIA on 29 March 2022.", "cites": [ "the-card-that-arrived" ], "published": false, "publish_state": "held", "quote": "", "quote_cite": "" }, { "id": "c-03959f82", "q": "what happened to the partnership between evga and nvidia?", "a": "In closed-door interviews on 16 September 2022, EVGA stated it was ending its partnership with NVIDIA and leaving the graphics-card business to sell through its remaining RTX 30 stock.", "cites": [ "what-evga-said-in-september-2022" ], "published": false, "publish_state": "held", "quote": "", "quote_cite": "" }, { "id": "c-0381b739", "q": "how did ethereum mining change in september 2022?", "a": "The Merge was executed on September 15, 2022, which changed how blocks are made and meant that mining was no longer the means of producing valid blocks.", "cites": [ "the-day-before" ], "published": false, "publish_state": "held", "quote": "", "quote_cite": "" }, { "id": "c-6edd09c8", "q": "how much did the price of renewed cards change over four months?", "a": "A renewed listing for EVGA 3090 XC3 Ultras rose from $1,449.99 each in May 2026 to $1,849.99 each on 13 September 2026, a 28 per cent increase.", "cites": [ "six-readings-on-named-days" ], "published": false, "publish_state": "held", "quote": "", "quote_cite": "" }, { "id": "c-e183dd9a", "q": "how does the operator view evga build quality?", "a": "The operator prefers EVGA cards, stating they are usually better built than reference cards with clean design, solid heatsinks, and thermal pads in the correct places.", "cites": [ "one-operators-preference" ], "published": false, "publish_state": "held", "quote": "", "quote_cite": "" }, { "id": "c-760f6ad3", "q": "what information is missing regarding the longevity of these boards?", "a": "The article does not know why these boards continue to work, whether they will keep working, or if they are covered by any current warranty.", "cites": [ "what-this-page-does-not-know" ], "published": false, "publish_state": "held", "quote": "", "quote_cite": "" }, { "id": "c-315a8112", "q": "what key price comparison is highlighted in the summary?", "a": "The summary notes that the card cost $120.99 above the launch price and highlights that one renewed listing rose 28 per cent in four months.", "cites": [ "what-to-take-with-you" ], "published": false, "publish_state": "held", "quote": "", "quote_cite": "" } ], "related": [ { "slug": "home-inference-and-diffusion-rig-cost", "why": "shares ground with § Six readings, on named days · § The cards, in May and in September" }, { "slug": "one-3090-against-one-3090-ti", "why": "shares ground with § The card that arrived · § The two cards, named once" }, { "slug": "a-3090-in-its-own-words", "why": "shares ground with § The day before · § Part one: proof of work" } ], "thanks": "## Who ran this, and thanks {#who-ran-this-and-thanks}\n\n**EVGA** built the boards named here, and gets the credit for hardware still doing serious work. **Gigabyte** built the other 3080 in that box. **NVIDIA** published the 29 March 2022 launch price.\n\nTwo dates come from public sources, both read **2026-09-18 (UTC)**: the exit from ServeTheHome, *EVGA Exits the GPU Business in a Split from NVIDIA*, 16 September 2022, at [servethehome.com](https://www.servethehome.com/evga-exits-the-gpu-business-in-a-split-from-nvidia/); the Merge from the Ethereum project's own roadmap page, at [ethereum.org](https://ethereum.org/en/roadmap/merge/). **Gamers Nexus** and **JayzTwoCents** took the interviews; the revenue share is theirs.\n\nEvery price and every quoted page sentence comes off four pages this workshop already published with their receipts; an operator's own spoken words, said on 17–18 September 2026 (UTC), appear here first. 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Not a gate drop, and recorded here so the ledger adds up." }, { "kind": "bullet", "reason": "hand-edit", "item": null, "item_chars": 56, "text_sha": "3d7cce85afd4", "figure": "99", "withheld": "one bullet removed from this pack by hand", "removed_utc": "2026-09-28", "why": "Undated, and $1,449.99 was the May 2026 price paid, so it reads as a current listing.", "detail": "removed from this pack by hand on 2026-09-28 (UTC), after the writer ran and after the gates had counted: Undated, and $1,449.99 was the May 2026 price paid, so it reads as a current listing. Not a gate drop, and recorded here so the ledger adds up." } ] }, "generated_utc": "2026-09-28T11:05:36Z" }