I think the R9 290X doom was premature.

[fatslob-:O]

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.