Radeon R9 290X Accidentally Priced at Online Retailer
Retailer Newegg let the cat out of the bag for the R9 290X pricing.
Though we still don't have a release date, Newegg has priced AMD's upcoming Radeon R9 290X at $729.99 before tax. TechPowerUp reports that an MSI reference design got its own store page with redacted pricing but that the HTML page for the page revealed the pricing. This means the high-end R9 200X will likely carry a $699 price tag.
AMD unveiled its new Radeon R9 290X last week in Hawaii, describing the R9 and R7 series as 'the new GPUs for a new era in graphics.' The press NDA is scheduled to expire on October 15, just over two weeks from now. This expiration date was noted on the slides that AMD showed during a recent press event. Even though it's possible the NDA expiration date doesn't align with the date when the first cards will be hitting the market, it's possible AMD would want units available the same day consumers are reading reviews. Newegg's page doesn't offer any indication as to when the R9 290X will launch.
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1. the source of the 'newegg price' is extracted from html code, thus not anywhere near as final as the article makes it sound
2. this $729 price is for the pre-order Battlefield 4 bundle, and GUARANTEES release day shipping for the GPU. BF4 costs $60 by itself, and day-one shipping may come at a premium.
Again, I'm not saying that the new card will cost $599, just saying that the article is a bit misleading
This was AMD's chance to really slam Nvidia by releasing a card as fast as, if not faster than, the 780, for $100 less. Oh well.
Can't wait to see the benchmarks!
1. the source of the 'newegg price' is extracted from html code, thus not anywhere near as final as the article makes it sound
2. this $729 price is for the pre-order Battlefield 4 bundle, and GUARANTEES release day shipping for the GPU. BF4 costs $60 by itself, and day-one shipping may come at a premium.
Again, I'm not saying that the new card will cost $599, just saying that the article is a bit misleading
Here's to hoping r9-280x still comes in at $300 with a copy of BF4. If so, I might actually be able to talk my wife into not being completely pissed if I upgrade.
are you serious? they have been competing with nvidia at the top for a long time now, its only been for the last few months with nvidias refresh that they havent had the best performing card. What cards exactly have been subpar?
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You need to go back to school to learn to add I think. OVER 2 weeks from the 3rd would be PAST 17th correct? But NDA expires 15th. LESS than two weeks would have been correct right? ROFL.
Or are weeks only 6 days now?
NV will sell well because they have drivers that work correctly. Why do you think AMD gives away all the games? It's not because they like you, they have to! Most would rather buy NV and forget the games knowing they are having less driver issues (currently?). NV owns 65% of the discrete market for a reason (and it certainly isn't their free games included with each card).
BAD drivers=BAD PR. It's not rocket science. Queue typical NV haters...LOL. It sucks AMD people, but these are the facts of life for AMD owners for 2yrs and still waiting for last gen to get ironed out even as they're about to release a new gen while claiming their cards are tops for multicard pc's etc. NV couldn't launch an "AMD DRIVER SUCKS" campaign if they were problem free already. You can call it dirty, underhanded etc, but if the shoe fits...