Nvidia users walk to AMD R9 290X - offered at 279 USD Now !
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bemaniac
haha. Winner.
TeX_UK
Well they need to grab a little of the limelight while they can :P .
BLEH!
I lolled.
Undying
AMD is almost throwing away 290's, 380/390 must be close. 😉
Corrupt^
lol @ that 4GB MEANS 4GB 😀
zer0_c0ol
go amd go 🙂
Fender178
I like this idea because Nvidia did something stupid which they are paying the price for. Well I checked prices on Newegg and its still around $340ish and the only card for around 300 would be the Gigabyte r9 290x. I hope they cut down the prices for the r9 290s as well because any one with 1 r9 290 can get a 2nd card for Xfire and that would beat out a single gtx 970.
LNCPapa
LOL - that's actually very smart on their part. Even though I won't part with my 970s I think this is a smart move on AMD's part.
sykozis
Just because AIB's are lowering their prices, doesn't necessarily mean retailers are going to pass it on to consumers.
Fender178
True. I thought that some retailers might chime in on making a sale.
Neo Cyrus
For $100 savings with no catches I would. I had a chance to get a 290X and save $70 but that's after a $100 rebate which may never arrive... so I didn't take it.
Maddness
Great move on AMD's part. The 290x is a steal at that price.
LNCPapa
I wouldn't exchange it mainly because of the heat and power consumption differences.
fantaskarsef
I'm a bit surprised since the price drop isn't major (you could get a 290X 4GB for just above €320 here already), but it's the next one, they already lowered prices a few weeks ago iirc.
Of course it is a smart move, everything increasing sales for amd is a good thing, helps them boost revenue, lower stocks on those 290/Xs, increase market share, and help to get mantle to even broader use. It's just that I'm not that surprised by it after all that 970 buzz 🙂
Sempaii
indeed will stay on 970 still a damn good card runing rock stable 1400/7800
Fox2232
Yes, Lisa Su told us that AMD is clearing supply channel, since they had too much goods there and storing it costs money while products there age and value diminish.
It is not bad idea to simply lower prices and have investment return sooner.
Because with next generation performance, prices of today's HW may drop even more.
They take trend till now and predict how much they will sell at price set before new stuff is here. Then calculate what is remaining value of products in supply chain they will drop in price afterwards.
And if they see that selling directly at lower price brings more money in house, then it is right decision.
And I would say that we are far from saturating high end/enthusiast market demands. There are people who want very high fps with only one GPU on 1440p. And people who want constant 55-60fps at 4k with 2-way SLi/CF.
GPUs capable to fill that role will sell like crazy.
Fox2232
Purely your decision. Do you have use for that $100?
Do you rather give money to AMD or nVidia?
Did you intend to go SLi/CF? With 100$ savings per GPU, you are nearly at 3x 290x at price of 2 970.
(I guess you may as you have quite some Watts at your PSU.)
Veteran
Lol fair play to amd. I would return the card and grab a gm200 coming soon,depends if you can wait that long without a gpu.
moab600
If i had 970 i would not exchange it for any 290X, but being lied to would upset me and super alert me in the future.
With that being said, performance of 970 is still a stealer, without those rare times when it crosses 3.5GB mark, however one way nvidia could compensate for that is lower 970 prices and 980 as well, the REAL 4GB card.
Ryu5uzaku
Now people talking about heat with 290x it is really only problem with reference. My friends 290x with accelero never goes beyond 66. And my 290x gaming never goes beyond 75 I think that is pretty good.
