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Nvidia users walk to AMD R9 290X - offered at 279 USD Now !
Interesting, here in the EU the price change is not in effect when I checked yesterday and this morning, but over in the USA there are clear signs of a price drop for the Radeon R9 290X. If you look at NewEgg you'll notice them for 279 USD!
And these are not reference cards either, proper factory overclocked products with food cooling like TwinFroz, Windforce and so on. If you look at NewEgg you'll notice for example the Radeon R9 290X GAMING 4GB for 299 USD and GIGABYTE WindForce GV-R929XOC-4GD Radeon R9 290X 4GB for as low as 279 USD ! The prices are after 20 USD rebate, but there is something going on alright.
With such prices and cooler admittedly, that is pretty terrific deal !
With this week GeForce GTX 970 debacle AMD's marketing machine also woke up, you can expect a new 'The Fixer' video today and we have seen some stings from AMD staff stating "with us 4GB really is 4GB".
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#5003955 Posted on: 01/30/2015 11:25 AM
Same price I spent on my SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X 7950 a few years ago. Wasn't going to buy a new GPU before I did a Intel build, but for $300 its kinda hard to pass up since I have the money to burn.
Same price I spent on my SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X 7950 a few years ago. Wasn't going to buy a new GPU before I did a Intel build, but for $300 its kinda hard to pass up since I have the money to burn.
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#5003963 Posted on: 01/30/2015 11:37 AM
Sick burn! :p
I am already bored how closed proprietary mess nvidia is and now this.. Next card being green is getting slimmer..(unless they really wow with next card ofc :nerd
Sick burn! :p
I am already bored how closed proprietary mess nvidia is and now this.. Next card being green is getting slimmer..(unless they really wow with next card ofc :nerd
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#5003968 Posted on: 01/30/2015 11:48 AM
I bet that regardless of Nvidia's screwup, AMD would have done this anyway.
Nvidia just gave them a free campaign.
Off Topic.
Seeing some vendors putting R9 290x with 8GB 512bit on the market, will be interesting to see the reviews, hopefully they test all 8GB ^^
Not that I doubt that they work fine, but 512bit seems a bit low for 8GB, especially when it comes to AMD, right?
I have since November the Sapphire Vapor-X 290X OC with 8GB VRAM (1060/1400). Best Card I ever had. I sold a reference 780ti to buy this baby. It performs great and stays cool, doesn't exceed 70C in games like FC4 (Ultra with MSAAx8 on).
I bet that regardless of Nvidia's screwup, AMD would have done this anyway.
Nvidia just gave them a free campaign.
Off Topic.
Seeing some vendors putting R9 290x with 8GB 512bit on the market, will be interesting to see the reviews, hopefully they test all 8GB ^^
Not that I doubt that they work fine, but 512bit seems a bit low for 8GB, especially when it comes to AMD, right?
I have since November the Sapphire Vapor-X 290X OC with 8GB VRAM (1060/1400). Best Card I ever had. I sold a reference 780ti to buy this baby. It performs great and stays cool, doesn't exceed 70C in games like FC4 (Ultra with MSAAx8 on).
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#5003971 Posted on: 01/30/2015 11:53 AM
There is a difference of more than 100W under load...
Yeah, those ~60 watts under heavy load and ~20 watts in idle totally make a huge difference. 
There is a difference of more than 100W under load...
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I bet that regardless of Nvidia's screwup, AMD would have done this anyway.
Nvidia just gave them a free campaign.
Off Topic.
Seeing some vendors putting R9 290x with 8GB 512bit on the market, will be interesting to see the reviews, hopefully they test all 8GB ^^
Not that I doubt that they work fine, but 512bit seems a bit low for 8GB, especially when it comes to AMD, right?