You are from the czech? Plenty of supply in europe.
Consider yourself lucky that you live in the EU, 290's are cheaper than the Nvidia counterpart over there, in NA the 290's are stupidly expensive that it's giving Nvidia a 1up on AMD when it comes to gaming (miners don't count).
While some local shops have them, cheapest is around 20% over MSRP.
I am considering waiting for highend build on 20nm tech. I can live with 6950.
AMD's new 28nm orders did not hit TSMC until Q1, but the effects of that new supply should be seen soon, I would think.
Where did you get that info? I haven't seen anything about it. Has AMD increased allocations?
TSMC (TSM) has seen its 28nm utilization rate fall to 65%-70% due to a cutback of customer orders, reports DigiTimes. According to industry sources, Qualcomm (QCOM) and AMD (AMD) have both cut their 28nm chip orders to the TSMC, but the rate is expected to start climbing in 1Q14, paving the way for the foundry to report brisk sales in for the next few quarters.
Sure, the cards sell well enough, but the real issue is the shortage of components, according to SweClockers.
Major GPU manufacturers don't have enough ASICs (application-specific integrated circuit) and other components for the videoboards.
VisionTek has even confirmed the problem in a recent post on Facebook.
Supposedly it is components, not demand:
AMD Radeon R9 Graphics Cards in Short Supply, and Not Because of Demand
http://news.softpedia.com/news/AMD-...Supply-and-Not-Because-of-Demand-425179.shtml
the prices being obtained for AMD cards vs nvidia counterparts indicate extremely high demand regardless of whether it's going to gaming systems or mining systems.
I'd venture to say they are short on supply due to massive demand and not that short supply is causing demand to appear high.
We'd need sales numbers to know, but hash rates indicate supply is strong and the prices being obtained for AMD cards vs nvidia counterparts indicate extremely high demand regardless of whether it's going to gaming systems or mining systems.
I've always been suspicious about how some people here justified the heavily inflated prices (way way beyond MSRP on 290X, 290, and 280X) as being due to mining. The % of people who purchase new GPU's for mining is likely to be absolutely miniscule compared to the % of people who purchase new GPU's for gaming. That said, from a marketing standpoint, AMD was able to get favorable reviews by setting a relatively low MSRP at launch, but that MSRP means nothing if no one does anything to enforce it. Hopefully reviewers will pay more attention to real-world pricing trends moving forward.
It most definitely is due to mining. I'd venture to say 80% of cards purchased (280x mostly) were due to miners. The evidence is everywhere, this isn't a small craze, there are millions of people mining as we speak.I've always been suspicious about how some people here justified the heavily inflated prices (way way beyond MSRP on 290X, 290, and 280X) as being due to mining. The % of people who purchase new GPU's for mining is likely to be absolutely miniscule compared to the % of people who purchase new GPU's for gaming. That said, from a marketing standpoint, AMD was able to get favorable reviews by setting a relatively low MSRP at launch, but that MSRP means nothing if no one does anything to enforce it. Hopefully reviewers will pay more attention to real-world pricing trends moving forward.
It most definitely is due to mining.
I've seen the supplies get a BIT better here in Edmonton, Canada recently but prices are still somewhat high.