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AMD launches $999 Radeon R9 295X2 promo
It's a pretty good price of you ask me. AMD offers a Radeon R9 295X2 promotion and is selling this dual-gpu card for $999,. That saves 33.3% off the card from its original 1,499 launch price.
TPU noted this promotion, I haven't heard AMD themselves about it though. Just checking New-egg and some EU price watch engines shows normal pricing though.
So it is unknown when and where this promotion will be available. The card will ship with its usual Radeon Rewards package, giving you access to free games.
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#4905299 Posted on: 09/03/2014 04:39 PM
They probably would've sold it for this price much sooner if it weren't for bitcoin miners. Now that bitcoin is starting to lose interest to a lot of people, AMD is finally able to catch up in manufacturing so the prices can finally drop.
Anyway, $1000 is still much more than I'm willing to spend. I'd rather buy 3 or 4 mid-range GPUs every other year and just barely keep up with games at 1080p. If I can crossfire/SLi those GPUs, or use them for something like physx, then that's even better (and what I'm currently doing). I'm a fan of re-purposing old hardware, and something as power hungry, hot, and huge as the R9 295x2 is not the kind of product that should be put in grandma's PC.
Im not sure the price of the 295x2 was fixed in function of mining when you have Nvidia who annonce his dual gpu @ 2999$, and this gpu was his direct opponent, specially with a gpu who is not faster of the AMD one.
Todays, 290x cost 500$... 1000$ is really not a bad price.
Note, Nvidia have move too, offering a 1000 $ reduction on the TitanZ, but attention, only for OEM ( like Origin )... In reality if it is now official, Nvidia have nearly doit since months for get some OEM who integrate this gpu on their pre-build system. ( just for dont end with prebuild PC who cost more than a workstation system ) .
They probably would've sold it for this price much sooner if it weren't for bitcoin miners. Now that bitcoin is starting to lose interest to a lot of people, AMD is finally able to catch up in manufacturing so the prices can finally drop.
Anyway, $1000 is still much more than I'm willing to spend. I'd rather buy 3 or 4 mid-range GPUs every other year and just barely keep up with games at 1080p. If I can crossfire/SLi those GPUs, or use them for something like physx, then that's even better (and what I'm currently doing). I'm a fan of re-purposing old hardware, and something as power hungry, hot, and huge as the R9 295x2 is not the kind of product that should be put in grandma's PC.
Im not sure the price of the 295x2 was fixed in function of mining when you have Nvidia who annonce his dual gpu @ 2999$, and this gpu was his direct opponent, specially with a gpu who is not faster of the AMD one.
Todays, 290x cost 500$... 1000$ is really not a bad price.
Note, Nvidia have move too, offering a 1000 $ reduction on the TitanZ, but attention, only for OEM ( like Origin )... In reality if it is now official, Nvidia have nearly doit since months for get some OEM who integrate this gpu on their pre-build system. ( just for dont end with prebuild PC who cost more than a workstation system ) .
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#4905312 Posted on: 09/03/2014 05:03 PM
Nvidia is always more expensive, and the Titan (and its variants) aren't really worth comparing. The titan is a workstation GPU without the Quadro name (and therefore, none of the micro-optimizations), which is also why it performs worse than the 780Ti in games. That being said, the 780Ti, which is far more popular among gamers, is better to compare.
I have heard how many AMD GPUs sold out at their release dates yet their population in the gaming world hadn't increased much. The miners were to blame. In most cases, nvidia is better at GPGPU tasks, but almost everyone everywhere who knows anything about mining will recommend an AMD GPU - even mid-range models get more attention.
Im not sure the price of the 295x2 was fixed in function of mining when you have Nvidia who annonce his dual gpu @ 2999$, and this gpu was his direct opponent, specially with a gpu who is not faster of the AMD one.
Nvidia is always more expensive, and the Titan (and its variants) aren't really worth comparing. The titan is a workstation GPU without the Quadro name (and therefore, none of the micro-optimizations), which is also why it performs worse than the 780Ti in games. That being said, the 780Ti, which is far more popular among gamers, is better to compare.
I have heard how many AMD GPUs sold out at their release dates yet their population in the gaming world hadn't increased much. The miners were to blame. In most cases, nvidia is better at GPGPU tasks, but almost everyone everywhere who knows anything about mining will recommend an AMD GPU - even mid-range models get more attention.
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#4905319 Posted on: 09/03/2014 05:19 PM
They probably would've sold it for this price much sooner if it weren't for bitcoin miners. Now that bitcoin is starting to lose interest to a lot of people, AMD is finally able to catch up in manufacturing so the prices can finally drop.
Anyway, $1000 is still much more than I'm willing to spend. I'd rather buy 3 or 4 mid-range GPUs every other year and just barely keep up with games at 1080p. If I can crossfire/SLi those GPUs, or use them for something like physx, then that's even better (and what I'm currently doing). I'm a fan of re-purposing old hardware, and something as power hungry, hot, and huge as the R9 295x2 is not the kind of product that should be put in grandma's PC.
I doubt that because by the time the 295x2 was released back in April I think it was the 21st or somewhere around there and the 295x2 was brand spanking new and very few miners had this card. According to a few reviews I have read on Newegg but there might be more than this.
They probably would've sold it for this price much sooner if it weren't for bitcoin miners. Now that bitcoin is starting to lose interest to a lot of people, AMD is finally able to catch up in manufacturing so the prices can finally drop.
Anyway, $1000 is still much more than I'm willing to spend. I'd rather buy 3 or 4 mid-range GPUs every other year and just barely keep up with games at 1080p. If I can crossfire/SLi those GPUs, or use them for something like physx, then that's even better (and what I'm currently doing). I'm a fan of re-purposing old hardware, and something as power hungry, hot, and huge as the R9 295x2 is not the kind of product that should be put in grandma's PC.
I doubt that because by the time the 295x2 was released back in April I think it was the 21st or somewhere around there and the 295x2 was brand spanking new and very few miners had this card. According to a few reviews I have read on Newegg but there might be more than this.
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#4905324 Posted on: 09/03/2014 05:27 PM
People who take mining SERIOUSLY and make a living off of it buy them in large quantities. For example:
http://www.thinkcomputers.org/insane-crypto-currency-mining-rigs/
https://bitcointa.lk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F0R20fL1.jpg&hash=d44826e68e05d102a806d4eab2b68e01
Notice the "Radeon" labeling and red branding everywhere.
I doubt that because by the time the 295x2 was released back in April I think it was the 21st or somewhere around there and the 295x2 was brand spanking new and very few miners had this card. According to a few reviews I have read on Newegg but there might be more than this.
People who take mining SERIOUSLY and make a living off of it buy them in large quantities. For example:
http://www.thinkcomputers.org/insane-crypto-currency-mining-rigs/
https://bitcointa.lk/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F0R20fL1.jpg&hash=d44826e68e05d102a806d4eab2b68e01
Notice the "Radeon" labeling and red branding everywhere.
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I'd actually be tempted to pick one of these up if the price dropped a little more.