Conina said:
When I bought my GTX 970 for €290 (taxes + shipping included) directly at launch, it was cheaper than ANY available R9 290... even the cheapest 290s with the unbearably loud standard fan. AMD had to slash its profit margin since then and lower the prices for the 280 and 290 models due to the lower demand. IMHO the GTX970 is still the better deal than a R9 290 or R9 290X... more VRAM, less power consumption, less heat to exhaust. And the performance depends totally on individual games and settings... in most games, the 970 is between 290 and 290x, in some games/settings slower than a 290 and in some games way faster than a 290x. |
It is never WAY faster than the 290X. But yeah I don't really care why it is cheaper, only that it is. Practically every recent game that has come out since the 970's launch has shown the 290 winning just as often as losing, if not more often.
P.S. Yeah they had to lower the price on the 290, but it was a one year old card that had not seen a price drop yet!!! The 970 is nothing special considering its competion is old hardware.
