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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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#5003990 Posted on: 01/30/2015 12:29 PM
There is no real difference under load, because once 970 gets OC, it goes to same 250W. And creates as much heat as AMD 250W card.
Only difference is if cooler can handle it, and since we are talking about non reference AiB solutions, any complain about GPU temperature should be pointed at them.
Yeah, those ~60 watts under heavy load and ~20 watts in idle totally make a huge difference. 
There is no real difference under load, because once 970 gets OC, it goes to same 250W. And creates as much heat as AMD 250W card.
Only difference is if cooler can handle it, and since we are talking about non reference AiB solutions, any complain about GPU temperature should be pointed at them.
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#5003993 Posted on: 01/30/2015 12:35 PM
Well, my CPU alone, overclocked, is eating way more power consumption than that. lol
I wouldn't exchange it mainly because of the heat and power consumption differences.
Well, my CPU alone, overclocked, is eating way more power consumption than that. lol
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#5003995 Posted on: 01/30/2015 12:38 PM
hehe i love how aggresive AMD always is with these kind of things.
I wish Nvidia would also be though so we could laugh even more
hehe i love how aggresive AMD always is with these kind of things.
I wish Nvidia would also be though so we could laugh even more
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#5004006 Posted on: 01/30/2015 12:57 PM
Just for fun of it. Took price difference, power consumption difference and price of kWh here.
I would have to have both cards 290x and 970 under full load to nVidia become cheaper for 10417 hours.
With my 4 hours of gaming per day in average, it would be 2604 days = 7.135 years.
No, I'll not own GPU for that long.
Just for fun of it. Took price difference, power consumption difference and price of kWh here.
I would have to have both cards 290x and 970 under full load to nVidia become cheaper for 10417 hours.
With my 4 hours of gaming per day in average, it would be 2604 days = 7.135 years.
No, I'll not own GPU for that long.
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I frankly don't believe power consumption is a non-topic for anyone who buys a high-end CPU and GPU... but OK.
What part of Nvidia's Marketing department did you get that number from?