I have an old Invoice here of the Asus 7800GTX, they cost me €484 each back then. So the prices havn't changed a whole lot. (Still got them aswell, they are in some AMD Athlon 64 FX rig i havn't fired up for 8 years)

Make it an HTPC 😀

for that price they can go **** themselves:puke2:

AMD is offering amazing gpu's for amazing prices. If you want to pay 150-200 bucks more for a misplaced sense of extra security/comfort w/e, go ahead and suit yourself!

If its at $399 as some speculation suggests, and slightly beats a 780, it will sell good.

AMD is offering amazing gpu's for amazing prices. If you want to pay 150-200 bucks more for a misplaced sense of extra security/comfort w/e, go ahead and suit yourself!

Nice marketing skills, how much are they paying ya?

Nice marketing skills, how much are they paying ya?

quite well? maybe

Oh, I can inject SGSSAA and HBAO+ with an AMD card now? Where?! That extra 100-200$ is worth it IMO.

AMD is offering amazing gpu's for amazing prices. If you want to pay 150-200 bucks more for a misplaced sense of extra security/comfort w/e, go ahead and suit yourself!

Question is if you also pay to get more problems than with an nVidia card.

These are gonna be good! Can't wait to see some reviews and see how they perform, how they overclock, and how cool they run! Maxwell is the next best thing since sliced bread - a proper step up from Kepler!

Keep in mind that the GTX-970/980's aren't "TRUE" Maxwell cards. These aren't built on a 18nm process, because TSMC's production rate was so poor. nVidia is doing a two-step - they've released these in the interim so that they have something to combat AMD's newest cards. The bonafide Maxwell cards will be released sometime next year, once TSMC gets their act together. The GTX-970/980's would be better named as Maxwell-Lite.

Keep in mind that the GTX-970/980's aren't "TRUE" Maxwell cards. They're not built on a 18nm process, because TSMC's production rate was so poor. They would be better named as Maxwell-Lite

That's true, and I think that makes the architecture even more impressive (albeit just in it's own right!), in terms of what they can deliver on 28nm. Maybe they'll shrink it down next year sometime for nearly double the gains!

Question is if you also pay to get more problems than with an nVidia card.

This. Only the driver issues of some cards and the 14.4 drivers lately would annoy me... pay 500 and get a card I put in and enjoy the performance, or pay 400 and get a card that runs hot, makes my screen go black every other time, and where I am not able to install the drivers... 🙄 I would have seriously considered going for cfx with 290Xs on my next build, but decided against it because of heat and driver issues. Also, I want to enjoy physix and G-Sync as I will get a new monitor with my next rig. Can't get those with AMD, and I surely won't wait for them until they catch up "sometime next year"... I have the money to pay more, so I go for what works best for me with the least troubles expected. That's a personal decision, and I say everybody is to make his own. I don't go flame on the AMD subforum here and brag about how my drivers easily install without any blackscreens...

for that price they can go **** themselves:puke2:

I totally agree with you! If Nvidia continues with the current prices, then i´ll buy an AMD 290... Someone has to explain Nvidia that their cards aren´t made of gold for them to ask those silly prices :\

I totally agree with you! If Nvidia continues with the current prices, then i´ll buy an AMD 290... Someone has to explain Nvidia that their cards aren´t made of gold for them to ask those silly prices :\

Then they put gold coating on the plugs and charge you 20€/$ more. 😀

Then they put gold coating on the plugs and charge you 20€/$ more. 😀

Don´t give them ideas!:roll: