What will be AMD'S next Move?

[Paul98]

Make another card that can be sold at a much higher price to miners, this time price it as such at the beginning. Then when that demand drops, drop the price to a reasonable price for gamers.

 

[MTDEW]

SAPPHIRE TRI-X OC Radeon R9 290 4GB $299.99 ($289.99 AR)
So it begins.

 

[SimianR]

SAPPHIRE TRI-X OC Radeon R9 290 4GB $299.99 ($289.99 AR)
So it begins.

$289 for essentially THE best R9 290 is pretty damn good. That price point is probably exactly where the 290 should be. If you want you can spend the extra $40-75 to get a 970 for better power effeciency, but otherwise the performance your getting for under $300 is pretty insane.

 

[geoxile]

$289 for essentially THE best R9 290 is pretty damn good. That price point is probably exactly where the 290 should be. If you want you can spend the extra $40-75 to get a 970 for better power effeciency, but otherwise the performance your getting for under $300 is pretty insane.

You'd be giving up a pretty nice game bundle with the 970 too, though that does have Borderlands bundled with it as well

 

[SimianR]

You'd be giving up a pretty nice game bundle with the 970 too, though that does have Borderlands bundled with it as well

Yeah I honestly don't think you could go wrong either way. Both have their trade offs but if we start seeing more 290's at this price point there is going to be a lot of choice in the $300 range for some powerful cards.

 

[jpiniero]

I don't know what took them so long.

 

[desprado]

You'd be giving up a pretty nice game bundle with the 970 too, though that does have Borderlands bundled with it as well

Borderlands dont even deserve $30 price tag and yes i have to say AMD games bundle are better than Nvidia game bundle.

 

[KaRLiToS]

Borderlands dont even deserve $30 price tag and yes i have to say AMD games bundle are better than Nvidia game bundle.

Hmmm no, Borderlands really deserves a $59.99 price tag.

 

[Z15CAM]

Remove their latest Buggy 14.9 WHQL Dvr release from their DL Site and Fix-It - LOL

 

[frozentundra123456]

Each to his own, but I would prefer the new Borderlands to any of the games in the AMD bundle.

 

[KaRLiToS]

Each to his own, but I would prefer the new Borderlands to any of the games in the AMD bundle.

Me too.

 

[atticus14]

269 for the Windforce, although I think it was poorly received initially, not sure about now, I think it had at least one revision
http://www.ncixus.com/products/inde...R929WF3-4GD&manufacture=Gigabyte&promoid=1413


Kinda interested to see the first big holiday sales, it would have to be pretty cheap for me to be tempted, with 20nm in Q1

 

[Subyman]

I bet R9 290 used prices are taking another hit. Glad I sold mine right before the massive crypto sell off. IIRC, I got over $400 used for it.

I'd never base my GPU decision off of a game bundle. Those games would be finished within a week and then I'm stuck with my GPU choice for a year or more.

 

[Wild Thing]

SAPPHIRE TRI-X OC Radeon R9 290 4GB $299.99 ($289.99 AR)
So it begins.

Excellent perf/$ and 1GB more VRAM than GTX970.

The 2nd half of this year is turning into a very nice buyer's market.:thumbsup:

 

[desprado]

Excellent perf/$ and 1GB more VRAM than GTX970.

The 2nd half of this year is turning into a very nice buyer's market.:thumbsup:

Plz use google before posting anything
GTX 970 has 4gb of VRam.
GTX 970>R9 290 by all means

 

[nitromullet]

So it begins.

Yep.

 

[guskline]

SAPPHIRE TRI-X OC Radeon R9 290 4GB $299.99 ($289.99 AR)
So it begins.

Gosh, I paid slightly less for mine used. However, they are really nice gpus. I have mine watercooled with EK blocks in my rig below. The air cooler system is quite robust. An EXCELLENT buy for a single gpu user looking for a higher end card.

Mine are in Crossfire and the power is stunning. Here is a graph of the results for my cards at 1075core/1400 mem with the latest 14.9 driver results on the left side and the 14.4 results on the right. These results are for my rig below, and yes there is room to OC more but enough is enough!

All in all great card, and yes we are struggling with the latest driver release 14.9 but hopefully the bugs get wiped out.

 

[guskline]

Plz use google before posting anything
GTX 970 has 4gb of VRam.
GTX 970>R9 290 by all means

Desperado, I can't argue with your premise because, I don't own GTX970s. However, from running my 290s and comparing to the posted 970 benchmarks, even OC'd, the 290 is not real far behind the 970.

The short term problem for the 970 is availability AND price increase. Dropping the Sapphire Tri-X 290 to $299 keeps AMD competitive with an Oc'd card that addresses the heat problem very well.

I agree the Maxwell is a GREAT chip.

 

[pw257008]

This desprado fella is quite intent on proving his point. lol

 

[MTDEW]

Gosh, I paid slightly less for mine used. However, they are really nice gpus. I have mine watercooled with EK blocks in my rig below. The air cooler system is quite robust. An EXCELLENT buy for a single gpu user looking for a higher end card.

Mine are in Crossfire and the power is stunning. Here is a graph of the results for my cards at 1075core/1400 mem with the latest 14.9 driver results on the left side and the 14.4 results on the right. These results are for my rig below, and yes there is room to OC more but enough is enough!

All in all great card, and yes we are struggling with the latest driver release 14.9 but hopefully the bugs get wiped out.

Yeah, there is a pair of used Tri-x's in the FS/Trade right now for $225 ea shipped. ($425 for the pair)
That's an insane price for the performance they give.

 

[ShintaiDK]

290X also seems to hit 399$ now.

 

[Shmee]

Good stuff, I probably should not have bid so high for my 2nd tri X lol. Got it for about $291 shipped, still a pretty good deal though.

 

[KaRLiToS]

Bought this on release. Can you imagine the money loss. That is why I'm waiting for 20nm.

Cards: 645 $ CAD each
Blocks: 140 $ CAD each
Backplates: 38 $ CAD each
Bridge : 40$ CAD ????

With tax, ouch.

 

[desprado]

Bought this on release. Can you imagine the money loss. That is why I'm waiting for 20nm.

Cards: 645 $ CAD each
Blocks: 140 $ CAD each
Backplates: 38 $ CAD each
Bridge : 40$ CAD ????

With tax, ouch.

So true man i also lost so much money on GTX 780 TI and waiting Nvidia 20nm.

 

[godihatework]

269 for the Windforce, although I think it was poorly received initially, not sure about now, I think it had at least one revision
http://www.ncixus.com/products/inde...R929WF3-4GD&manufacture=Gigabyte&promoid=1413


Kinda interested to see the first big holiday sales, it would have to be pretty cheap for me to be tempted, with 20nm in Q1

well...that sure is tempting coming from a HD7870...