- May 10, 2013
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So I have been trying to follow the r9 280x 290/290x debates on price. I understand that the price was great when the reference modeles came out ($299.99 for the 280x, $399.99 for the 290, and $549.99 for the 290x) but the price went up due to those bitcoin savages. The prices are now are about $420 for a 280x, $530 for a 290, and $700 for a 290x. I can understand people complaining about the 280x and 290x price, but why the 290 price?
As soon as MSI/SAPPHIRE said that there 290 would be $530, people were sating "How could they price them so high?! " "why would anyone pay that much?!" "They will never sell any of those over price cards"
Unless i'm missing something, the 290 does 2-5% better then the GTX 780 in terms of FPS in games, and its only $0-$20 more expensive....... are people mad because AMD is usually the better value/per performance? Or is there something wrong with the new amd cards?
On another note, I am currently looking for a new GPU. My price range is $500-$550 and I am currently looking forward to the SAPPHIRE TRI-X R9 290 4GB GDDR5 OC
- http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1227&pid=2091&psn=&lid=1&leg=0
The current benchmarks look great, and I think that card looks sexy (some people hate it for some reason)
Has Sapphire released the price yet for USA for the card? Also have they released a time frame when they will be available (other then soon)? I know that gigabyte has there windforce available now (both 290/290x prices at $479.99 and $699.99) But in Europe the new sapphire card seems to be about $440 USD for pre-order (after conversion from euro)
As soon as MSI/SAPPHIRE said that there 290 would be $530, people were sating "How could they price them so high?! " "why would anyone pay that much?!" "They will never sell any of those over price cards"
Unless i'm missing something, the 290 does 2-5% better then the GTX 780 in terms of FPS in games, and its only $0-$20 more expensive....... are people mad because AMD is usually the better value/per performance? Or is there something wrong with the new amd cards?
On another note, I am currently looking for a new GPU. My price range is $500-$550 and I am currently looking forward to the SAPPHIRE TRI-X R9 290 4GB GDDR5 OC
- http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1227&pid=2091&psn=&lid=1&leg=0
The current benchmarks look great, and I think that card looks sexy (some people hate it for some reason)
Has Sapphire released the price yet for USA for the card? Also have they released a time frame when they will be available (other then soon)? I know that gigabyte has there windforce available now (both 290/290x prices at $479.99 and $699.99) But in Europe the new sapphire card seems to be about $440 USD for pre-order (after conversion from euro)
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