Radeon R9 290X Priced at $730 at Newegg

[Rvenger]

Spoke to my guy at ncix.com who turned me on to accurate numbers on Titan and 780 pricing pre-launch. No stores know pricing yet as they haven't heard from AMD, so these 'prices' are meaningless.

You drop a line to Linus eh?

 

[chimaxi83]

That Asus is a DirectCU2 TOP card. Which means custom cooler and an OC.

Yep, that part number has always been the DC II Top, which along with a custom cooler, has always had a custom PCB.

 

[Kenmitch]

So when does the pre-order start? I want to watch the feeding frenzy.

 

[chimaxi83]

No clue, I have page monitor running on the Newegg page though

 

[Arkaign]

Pretty cool, but I think the value is poor. 7970GE CF should completely annihilate a single 290 in benches, no? So this really has value only for :

Those who insist on a single GPU
Those who insist on maxing out CF/SLI rigs

This was my problem with Titan as well. 670SLI was considerably cheaper and considerably faster.

 

[Vesku]

That Asus is a DirectCU2 TOP card. Which means custom cooler and an OC.

Hmm, so that means the panic about "locked down reference 290x" is incorrect?

What is the difference between forcing OEMs sell your GPU with a locked down design, and OEMs selling your GPU with a ton of different designs?

AMD make money on the chip itself, not the full card.

I think AMD would be better off allowing a broad variety of designs, to lure more people in. OEMs can sell more if they can market "military class design", better power phases, quieter and more efficient cooling" etc etc

 

[smithkt]

Pretty cool, but I think the value is poor. 7970GE CF should completely annihilate a single 290 in benches, no? So this really has value only for :

Those who insist on a single GPU
Those who insist on maxing out CF/SLI rigs

This was my problem with Titan as well. 670SLI was considerably cheaper and considerably faster.

The only thing that kept me from buying a second 7970 for crossfire was waiting for the updated drivers that support multimonitor/eyefinity configurations in CF.

At this point, I might as well wait for the official reviews before buying anything. Not to mention the possible influx of used 7970s...

 

[Black Octagon]

Wow, so it's a DC2 Top AND it's the BF4 edition too? I'm still very unlikely to ever spend this much on a card, but in any case I'm glad I read through the full thread. Had I stopped at the title and/or first few posts I could have gotten the impression that AMD was overpricing the standard 290x.

 

[Kenmitch]

Wow, so it's a DC2 Top AND it's the BF4 edition too? I'm still very unlikely to ever spend this much on a card, but in any case I'm glad I read through the full thread. Had I stopped at the title and/or first few posts I could have gotten the impression that AMD was overpricing the standard 290x.

Pretty much just place holders currently. As for the Asus ??? thinking it's not a DC2 model....Maybe just recycled html that wasn't totally edited yet.

Title is kind of misleading as the prices are not even verified. Maybe the whole intention of the thread?

Pretty sure the guys/gals are not going to pay $9999 Cad for them.

 

[Z15CAM]

[The GTX 280 was $650 when released in June 2008. /QUOTE]

I using one right now to power a QINIX QX2510 2560x1440 and it plays 4100x2300 Res 35 Mbps 4k video fantastic - Haven't tried gaming with it. However I paid $32 for it off eBay - Waiting for a descent Priced/Hi-Perf Card for 1440p gaming.

In my opinion a Hi-Perf 1440p single GPU card would have to be either a 384 Bit 6GB or a 512 Bit 4GB Card. The Titan is horrendously over priced and the GTX 780 with 3GB falls a little short however the AMD R9 290X with its 512 Bit/4GB vRam appears fit the bill providing it does not cost more the the GTX 280 when it was released.

 

[Subyman]

Since I moved my gaming rig to my TV, I stopped chasing the big cards. The GTX760 has been plenty for me so far. I downsized from a 7970. No thanks to a $700 card.

 

[phillyboy]

Sooooo, is this even happening today?

 

[Rvenger]

Typical AMD delay and lack of info.

 

[xnorex]

Sooooo, is this even happening today?

This has to be the worst "Launch"/preorder I have ever seen. It's almost 8pm (est) and still nothing. to make things worse, @amd_roy (VP Global Channel Sales for AMD) keeps tweeting the link to Newegg. SMH

 

[Vesku]

Yeah, when you say a date for a pre-order that should be ~9am either EST or PST US (so 9am to 12pm EST) unless otherwise specified.

Is there some intense past the last minute conversations going on with retailers and AMD for exactly how high they can list the pre-order pricing? How much of the specs they can reveal?

 

[Rvenger]

They keep this crap up they will just lose sales because I will just pick up a used 780 or a low margin 7990.

 

[xnorex]

The worst part is that almost no one is talking about it. AMD is getting like zero tweets about the issue, same with their Facebook page.

 

[DarkKnightDude]

Nice misleading thread title.

 

[Teizo]

That Asus is a DirectCU2 TOP card. Which means custom cooler and an OC.

I thought AMD was not allowing custom designs on the R9 290X?

 

[Silverforce11]

They keep this crap up they will just lose sales because I will just pick up a used 780 or a low margin 7990.

They don't care about people like us who appreciate perf/$.. there are many more who want "the best" and willing to pay whatever.

 

[Kenmitch]

Yeah, when you say a date for a pre-order that should be ~9am either EST or PST US (so 9am to 12pm EST) unless otherwise specified.

Is there some intense past the last minute conversations going on with retailers and AMD for exactly how high they can list the pre-order pricing? How much of the specs they can reveal?

8k cards available so it could also be a stock allocation issue.

I thought AMD was not allowing custom designs on the R9 290X?

It's most likely a typo in the html. All preorder are the BF4 edition cards.

 

[lavaheadache]

This has to be the worst "Launch"/preorder I have ever seen. It's almost 8pm (est) and still nothing. to make things worse, @amd_roy (VP Global Channel Sales for AMD) keeps tweeting the link to Newegg. SMH

I agree. IMO I dont think they could have done a worse job up untl now. I was very excited about this card months back. Since then about the only thing that has happened is that the months have passed. There has been just about nothing to get excited about. They even managed to turn their press event into a complete snooze fest after a jaw droppingly incompetant handling of the live stream.

Right now im more excited about seeing how nvidia responds to this... And im a big amd stock holder.... Bafoons

 

[OCGuy]

This is a debacle...

 

[blackened23]

If they can't announce a final price (apparently vendors don't even KNOW yet) they shouldn't even bother with a pre-order. I cannot believe that they expect people to make deposits without knowing the final price. And if that is 729$, what the hell.

It probably has something to do with keeping it under wraps until the 15th NDA lift, but that is a completely stupid reason. If you can't do a pre-order right, don't do it - just let everyone fight for limited ed cards on the 15th. That would be better than this nonsense.

 

[Rvenger]

(apparently vendors don't even KNOW yet).

You are right, vendors don't know.