what does a used (less than year old) R9 285 usually sell for?

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Okay,I just watched the video Jayz2Cents had on the R9 390 and am impressed,it nearly beat the GTX 970 in everything and at a lower price. I was considering getting a second R9 285 (or 380,if compatible) and run them in crossfire,because I have seen some decent numbers of dual 285's running,but that 8GB on the 390 sounds mighty enticing and was wondering how much I might get,at the maximum,for a less than year old 285,by trying to sell it in a paper ad or online? I am thinking about half the amount they sell new,which right now is about $250 and no less than $230 and use that to help get the 390. Maybe asking $150 for it? I have no idea how much graphics cards depreciate in value when they have been used and what kind of price I should ask. Does anyone have more experience in this area? The only reason I consider the 390 is because I was going to shell out the 250 on the second 285 and realized if I could sell it for even just 100 dollars,I can get the 390 and get greater gaming,but I wouldn't mind getting more if possible. Capitalism and all that,haha. What can I expect to get for it,at most?
 
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What is my advice, well for starters the fury range supports direct X 12, and the 285 series supports as far as I know only direct X 11.2 so I would double check that if you intend to run a fury card with a 285, as a cross fire platform in your system.

As you know you are going to pay through the nose for a Fury based card as it`s new even though the price beats current sale prices of Nvidia based cards per performance.

And as for a Year old Ati based 285 card, The choice is always what you want for it if selling one.
But as a rule of thumb, my advice is to put it in for sale at a slight higher price that you wish to get for the card if selling.
There will always be people who will want to buy it. and even if you put it at the set...
What is my advice, well for starters the fury range supports direct X 12, and the 285 series supports as far as I know only direct X 11.2 so I would double check that if you intend to run a fury card with a 285, as a cross fire platform in your system.

As you know you are going to pay through the nose for a Fury based card as it`s new even though the price beats current sale prices of Nvidia based cards per performance.

And as for a Year old Ati based 285 card, The choice is always what you want for it if selling one.
But as a rule of thumb, my advice is to put it in for sale at a slight higher price that you wish to get for the card if selling.
There will always be people who will want to buy it. and even if you put it at the set price you wanted to sell it someone will
Always try to push you down on the offer when phoning you for example to buy it.
That way when they knock you down you can um and arr then say ok and they think they got a good deal where you got the exact price for the card for the amount you did want to sell it for and be happy.
 
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the 390X is too high priced for me and the MSI 390 8GB still beats the 970 he tested it against in nearly everything and is LOWER priced than the 970 he tested it against,I wouldn't say its over priced. More like maybe a new price/perf champ,maybe. Since the price of the 285 keeps going up,as they are going away,maybe I should try to drop it and go to the newer card and 80% at most of the 285 is quite a chunk and I am sure someone would jump on it at even 50% of what I paid,thats only like 110 dollars on a 220 dollar card and would easily give me 390 levels of cash,afterward. The only trouble would be the actual act of selling it. Thats a waiting game I will hate,maybe I would just get a 285 while I can and crossfire and be done with it,since as I said before,the benchmarks on crossfiring those are pretty nice,nearly to the same levels of performance. I guess thats still the more economical thing.
 

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I would jump on the 380 in a heartbeat,if it was able to crossfire with the 285,since they are pretty much the same thing and is less expensive. I have not been able to find anything to say one way or another on whether it can crossfire with it. Some say it should,some say it wont. Even the Sapphire Dual-X 380 looks exactly the same as my 285. If only I can find proof it can,that would be all I need. As it is now,I dont think it would be worth it to simply replace my 285 with a 380,since "slightly better" isnt worth the 200 dollars the 380 costs but definitely worth if I can combo the two.
 

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