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 😀
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
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.
BrainDedd
If anyone wants to give me their GTX970 I won't argue 🙂
fantaskarsef
Just because it's non of your topics it doesn't mean it's not somebody else's interest 🙄
Mineria
I bet that regardless of Nvidia's screwup, AMD would have done this anyway.
Nvidia just gave them a free campaign.
Off Topic.
Seeing some vendors putting R9 290x with 8GB 512bit on the market, will be interesting to see the reviews, hopefully they test all 8GB ^^
Not that I doubt that they work fine, but 512bit seems a bit low for 8GB, especially when it comes to AMD, right?
bucknuts21
Same price I spent on my SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X 7950 a few years ago. Wasn't going to buy a new GPU before I did a Intel build, but for $300 its kinda hard to pass up since I have the money to burn.
