Radeon R9 290X hits $900 -- AnandTech

[ilikemacandpc]

http://anandtech.com/show/7758/radeon-r9-290x-retail-prices-hit-900

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%20600473871&IsNodeId=1&name=Radeon%20R9%20290X

 

Holy balls! I used to love Newegg, but this is just terrible. 

 

 

In a sign of the daffy times we live in, Radeon R9 290X prices have hit $900 this week at Newegg. Every card, from the reference models to the water block model, is now at $899, with Newegg apparently doing brisk enough business to be sold out of more than half of their different 290X SKUs. This of course is some $350 over the 290X’s original launch price of $550, a 64% price bump. Meanwhile the Radeon R9 290 has been similarly affected, with 290 cards starting at $600, $200 (50%) over MSRP.

 

Finally, it’s interesting to note that this phenomena remains almost entirely limited to North America. Our own Ian Cutress quickly checked a couple of UK retailers, Scan.co.uk and Overclockers.co.uk, and found that both of them had 290 series cards in stock at pre-VAT prices that were only marginally above the North American MSRPs. A PowerColor R9 290 OC can be found for £275 (~$460 USD) and an XFX R9 290X for £334 (~$560 USD). The European market of course has its own idiosyncrasies, but ultimately it’s clear that UK pricing has gone largely unaffected by the forces that have driven up North American pricing, making this one of those rare occasions where hardware is more expensive in North America than in Europe, even after taxes.

 

Everywhere else, prices seem to be fine though...

 

Screw that!

 

Opinions?

 

Edit: WOOHOO! A shout out on the WAN Show. Also, prices seem to have decreased to around $700 to $800 as of the evening of 02/14/14, but it is still massively overpriced. 

[Swegly]

What the hell...

[DyGr00339]

Your welcome

 

-Us miners

[kuzimins]

780ti it is

[Superarragon]

Holy balls! I wonder if I should've gotten an R9 280X because the prices keep rising...

 

Just checked, and the R9 280X goes for $500-$600 which is the price of a 780!

[TheRuke]

And I used to hate Bitcoin for adopting ASIIC

[Panda of the Shadow]

For some reason german prices acctually dropped in the last few weeks. (The aftermarket ones came out for 480€ and are now at 450€.) That means that we finally have better prices in Germany then in America. Great. (450*1,3= 585$ So an aftermarket Tri X R9 290x would be 580$ in germany. 

[MegaDave91]

780ti is the only option at this point.

[madknight3]

Now is the time for any 290 owners to sell their GPUs and make a profit.

[Virgule]

Your welcome

 

-Us miners

My welcome what ?

[AlexGoesHigh]

lol now the nvidia cards are the cheap option after some many years in the top

[Warcony]

Welcome everyone to the green side, it's nice, price stable, cool and quiet over here

[mymouthandi]

Prices are just fine here in the UK it seems. Not often we can buy something cheaper here than you can in the US!

[Scionyde]

Damn, that's ridiculous. Just out of curiosity, is it possible for AMD to sell GPUs for higher than MSRP to retailers like Newegg? Otherwise Newegg's just gotta be raking in some crazy profits.

[BallisticPeanut]

So much for High gaming on an AMD card...

[BallisticPeanut]

Welcome everyone to the green side, it's nice, price stable, cool and quiet over here

 

But, but, but Open_CL 

[bacosta1993]

But, but, but Open_CL 

If you pay $900 for open CL there is something wrong with you. $900 is almost double the original cost. 

[Ashley]

But, but, but Open_CL 

GK110 is pretty good at compute. Especially Titan, which is pretty close to the price of a 290x.

[BallisticPeanut]

If you pay $900 for open CL there is something wrong with you. $900 is almost double the original cost. 

 

GK110 is pretty good at compute. Especially Titan, which is pretty close to the price of a 290x.

 

I'm not going to pay that, I just wish I got an AMD card before the prices skyrocketed.  Open_CL is supposed to have really good performance in Adobe applications.

[MatheusSanzo]

Your welcome

 

-Us miners

 

-Grammar Nazis.

[MbV93]

Is AMD going to do something? Someone should pimp-slap Newegg.

[Imabigmac]

Canada prices seems unaffected by these recent massive bumps you see newegg.ca still has them for under $800, the cards are still way overpriced though. 

[Levis95l]

I got my Gigabyte Windforce 290 for 435€ and that included Battlefield 4. This is in Finland (http://www.jimms.fi/hae/g/0/v/0/min/300/max/0/r9%20290/order/price)

[Vitalius]

My new plan:

Sell my 290X for $800 to undercut Newegg.

Keep the money until the prices inevitably deflate.

Buy a new 290X along with a new PSU and use my own money for a second 290X. 

#Winning #Bi-Winning

[ViruZ_HUN]

AMD killed theirselfes