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Vasto on 23 October 2014
fatslob-:O said:
Vasto said:
If I was buying a card today there is no way I would look past the 290X. $360 at Amazon

I think the GTX 970 is the better deal ... 

 

 

Whats the lowest price I can get it for?



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fatslob-:O on 23 October 2014
Vasto said:

 

Whats the lowest price I can get it for?

The launch price is $330 and some vendors will have deals too so ... 



Killy_Vorkosigan on 23 October 2014

I'm going to make a new build soon for Elite Dangerous and The Witcher 3, one of the output of my trusty 7970 lost its green, and I'm looking forward the 290X pricedrop. I'll have a look at Sapphire's products cause they have always been excellent.

These pricedrops are excellent for me, I'm always looking to buy my cpu products a year or so after release to get a better price/performance/futureproof, and have enough feedback on those cards.



Vasto on 23 October 2014

I thought it was $360 but you can get the 290X for $329 from Amazon with a mail in rebate that would make it $299!

http://www.amazon.com/XFX-Double-1000MHz-Graphics-R9290XEDFD/dp/B00HHIPN5A/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1414084435&sr=8-7&keywords=Radeon+R290x



fatslob-:O on 23 October 2014
Vasto said:
I thought it was $360 but you can get the 290X for $329 from Amazon with a mail in rebate that would make it $299!

http://www.amazon.com/XFX-Double-1000MHz-Graphics-R9290XEDFD/dp/B00HHIPN5A/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1414084435&sr=8-7&keywords=Radeon+R290x

Not gonna lie ...

That's a pretty good deal there.



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JEMC on 23 October 2014
Vasto said:
I thought it was $360 but you can get the 290X for $329 from Amazon with a mail in rebate that would make it $299!

http://www.amazon.com/XFX-Double-1000MHz-Graphics-R9290XEDFD/dp/B00HHIPN5A/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1414084435&sr=8-7&keywords=Radeon+R290x

If you have a well ventilated case, go for it!



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Vasto on 23 October 2014
fatslob-:O said:
Vasto said:
I thought it was $360 but you can get the 290X for $329 from Amazon with a mail in rebate that would make it $299!

http://www.amazon.com/XFX-Double-1000MHz-Graphics-R9290XEDFD/dp/B00HHIPN5A/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1414084435&sr=8-7&keywords=Radeon+R290x

Not gonna lie ...

That's a pretty good deal there.

 

It seems like they just keep getting cheaper by the day. Good time to be a pc gamer thats for sure.



fatslob-:O on 23 October 2014
Vasto said:

 

It seems like they just keep getting cheaper by the day. Good time to be a pc gamer thats for sure.

It is indeed a good time to be a PC gamer ... 

That being said I'm excited for new features like conservative rasterization and fragment shader ordering.



Captain_Tom on 23 October 2014
fatslob-:O said:
Captain_Tom said:

Of course things could be better.  Their hands are tied though.  Do you think Nvidia was happy when they couldn't respond to the 5870 for 1.5 years!?  Sometimes things just work out like this.

Uh huh ... 

No hard feelings but the gap was 7 months, not a year and a half. 

My bad, but then this lines up pretty well with what I said.  The difference is the 390X is going to be FAR stronger than the 980 as opposed to how the 480 was just stronger than the 5870.



torok on 24 October 2014
the-pi-guy said:

Haha, way ahead of you.  


Man, that's my dream build! I have some space problems here, but I really want my PC games on the big screen.



Bet with jetforcejiminy: PS4 will pass the Wii lifetime numbers.