[Fudzilla] Radeon R9 R290X aims at $549

[Cloudfire777]

I was assuming any price we talked about here would be retail, not including tax.

It is retail. GTX 780 would be cheaper too, without tax. And its not listed without tax

The Radeon R9 290X would be available next week for a price of around $649.99 US (549.99 Excluding Tax via Fudzilla)and is currently available with the Battlefield 4 bundle package that retails at Newegg for a price of $729.99.

 

[Techhog]

Where the hell do you have to pay $100 in tax in the US?

 

[BallaTheFeared]

California?

 

[Tweak155]

Where the hell do you have to pay $100 in tax in the US?

Anandtech.

 

[XiandreX]

Where the hell do you have to pay $100 in tax in the US?

I was going to say... thats way off base and given how "loose" their estimate is... who knows what these will cost

 

[Grooveriding]

Well at least he has moved down closer to reality. Now the exaggerated prices are based on locations where you pay sales tax. If it makes you feel better, the 290X will cost $620.50 tax included in Canada.

 

[Skurge]

There are 2 places in europe from what I have seen. So maybe you could list some of the rest?

I mean, with that devotion to a company you must sure know some. Specially when they are "everywhere".

Now I'm devoted to AMD? Even though I have an intel system and I'm playing on a GTX560? I guess you missed the posts where I criticized AMD as well.

If that is the case then I refuse to engage you an further. You can go ahead and play damage control for the company you are devoted to.

Good day sir.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Now I'm devoted to AMD? Even though I have an intel system and I'm playing on a GTX560? I guess you missed the posts where I criticized AMD as well.

If that is the case then I refuse to engage you an further. You can go ahead and play damage control for the company you are devoted to.

Good day sir.

So no sites with preorder I guess? What a surprise since its "everywhere". :whiste:

 

[ShintaiDK]

It is retail. GTX 780 would be cheaper too, without tax. And its not listed without tax

Those prices you list for the 290X with or without tax makes no sense.

In what country would there be exactly 100$ tax on a 549$ card to then retail for 649$?

You need source critisism.

 

[moonbogg]

To add to that, I get 7500 GPU score with my 7950s at 1100/1500.

3DMark favors AMD, 3DMark11 favors Nvidia.

Games go both ways, but with BF4 I think you'll have to wait for Mantle before you decide.

Edit: You have an x6 if I recall correctly, so you'll want to be careful to look for performance gains from rendering and not from cpu bottlenecks.

Thanks for the info. I am running a 3930k and I would expect the FPS in BF4 to be limited by this CPU substantially, so faster GPUs may only do so much. Regarding mantle, yes I will certainly wait to see how that plays out. Going to windows 8 should help with CPU performance from what I've gathered.

 

[smithkt]

WCCFTech say the price will be $649 if you include Tax...
That would be a more likely price. $549 doesn`t sound right at all.

http://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-r9-2...-31st-october-specifications-prices-detailed/

That's approximately an 18% sales tax rate. I don't think there is anyplace in the US that charges this much sales tax, so I don't know how they got from 549 to 649.

 

[x3sphere]

Newegg still doesn't even charge sales tax where I live (AZ).

 

[smithkt]

It is retail. GTX 780 would be cheaper too, without tax. And its not listed without tax

You are wrong about this too. $649 is the BEFORE tax cost of a typical 780 today. Perhaps there will be a price cut, but as of today it's $649. (There is a Zotac board for $624 currently on Newegg)

 

[sandorski]

A new ERA to WISK you away?

Terrible detergent puns

US Gamer: How did you own me so bad? :|
Chinese Gamer: Ancient Chinese secret
Chinese Gamers Girlfriend: Baby, how is your new Radeon? ()
US Gamer: Ancient Chinese secret eh?
Chinese Gamer:

 

[DSey]

If they're smart they price it below the 780 so they won't look the fool when NVIDIA responds with a price cut on the 780 after which AMD might feel pressured to reduce the price as well. Priced at 549 like the 7970 were at launch and I can see these flying off the shelves everywhere if performance is anything like the leaked benches suggest.

 

[blackened23]

It is retail. GTX 780 would be cheaper too, without tax. And its not listed without tax

Stick with what you know man. Nobody pays 100$ tax in the states on a 550$ purchase, most of us (in most states) don't pay any tax on online purchases. So if it's 549.99$ USD that's what most people will pay - 549.99$ and not a cent more. GTX 780' MSRP is 649.99 for most reference models without tax.

What are you doing, seriously, stating the GTX 780 is cheaper without tax has to be the most FUD statement ever.

 

[Imouto]

I hope there's less than 24 hours of FUD from the usual suspects.

 

[chimaxi83]

Stick with what you know man. Nobody pays 100$ tax in the states on a 550$ purchase, most of us don't pay any tax on online purchases. So if it's 549.99$ USD that's what most people will pay - 549.99$ and not a cent more.

You forgot overnight shipping

 

[sze5003]

Well that's why we have newegg, at least I don't get charged tax yet.

 

[blackened23]

Well that's why we have newegg, at least I don't get charged tax yet.

Free 2 day shoprunner shipping for me as well.

 

[Imouto]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...ands-details&p=5212608&viewfull=1#post5212608

500€ in France so maybe $550~$600 in the USA.

 

[Aikouka]

RADEON IS THE FUTURE!!!

Does one have to take their card to 88C to activate the flux capacitor?

most of us (in most states) don't pay any tax on online purchases.

Because we're all good citizens that make sure to pay our use tax during tax time. () Although, Use Tax < Sales Tax for most people since it only includes state (4% vs. 8% for me).

 

[DSey]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...ands-details&p=5212608&viewfull=1#post5212608

500€ in France so maybe $550~$600 in the USA.

That would be cheaper than the cheapest 780 I can find here (€537). And that's including bf4..

 

[Erenhardt]

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums...ands-details&p=5212608&viewfull=1#post5212608

500&#8364; in France so maybe $550~$600 in the USA.

500&#8364; (incl. 20-25% Vat) is around $450-500 (without tax)

 

[Vesku]

Based on what? The 550-600 7970 did poorly, is AMD assuming the price hike shock is over now and hiking it further will be fine?

Personally I think when we're discussing prices companies can get away with, it's Apples and Oranges when it comes to Intel/AMD and Nvidia/AMD.

If it performs as well as it seems, AMD should have no problem charging between $500-600. It will be up to Nvidia to start a price war.

7970 was priced close to what the GTX 580 was retailing for at the time, it's just some on the internet (just going to exclude the delusional attack on AMD posts that were made at the time by some of the internet crowd) were comparing in-brand pricing and hoping for it to be closer to 6950/6970 and thus had some sticker shock.