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Sapphire R9 290 vs R9 280

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October 10, 2014 2:47:47 PM

I must be missing something but why is the newer 290 cheaper than the 280?

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October 10, 2014 2:50:30 PM

Amazon do tend to drop prices on gpus sometimes but I do feel the price should be the other way round.
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October 10, 2014 2:53:51 PM

So the 290 IS better then?
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October 10, 2014 2:56:32 PM

Yes the R9 290 performs better than the R9 280X.
However, even it is tempting, I'm waiting for the R9 300 series or if i can't wait a GTX 970. GCN 1.1 in on the R9 290 and it is missing some features that even the R9 285 has. GCN 1.0 and 1.1 is pretty old.
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