AMD to cut R9 290x prices

[worldwin]

Sauce: http://www.techpowerup.com/205218/radeon-r9-290x-sees-price-cuts.html

"AMD is apparently working with its add-in board manufacturers and retailers to bring down prices of its flagship single-GPU graphics card, the Radeon R9 290X. The card can now be had for as low as $449, non-reference design, factory-overclocked cards starting at a $50 premium. Prices could settle down somewhere between $450 and $500. This closely follows AMD's move to bring down price of its dual-GPU flagship Radeon R9 295X by a whopping 34 percent, down to $999, offering performance competitive to the $2999 GeForce GTX TITAN-Z. NVIDIA is preparing two new graphics cards competitive in performance to the Radeon R9 290 series, the GeForce GTX 970 and GTX 980. The two are based on the company's new 28 nm "GM204" silicon, implementing the "Maxwell" GPU architecture."

 

I personally think this is pretty awesome. At a maximum price point of 500$ the 290x will now directly rival the 780 making it unreasonable to buy the 780 on a perf/$ basis.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131522 Reference card @ 450$ WITH a 50$ promo card.

[CowsGoRoar]

AMD and Nvidia: FIGHT YOUR PRICES!

 

Win/win situation.

[Bloodyvalley]

SHOTS FIRED

[alby800]

ah AMD, you've done it again

[AlwaysFSX]

$50 promo card can go to a cooler worth putting on the gpu!

[DIV1D3]

I'd love to see the 290X at 550 AUD, that would mean the 390X could probably be cost as much as the 780 Ti, or additionally the GTX 980.

If AMD keeps the price of their high-end cards $50-$150 under the Nvidia equivalent than I'm sure there'll be a lot more AMD GPUs out of stock when the GTX 980/Ti and R9 390/X come out. 

Just wanna add that I'd love to see the MSI TWIN FROZR 5 on a 390X for $750, I'd probably jizz in my pants if that did happen. 

[AlwaysFSX]

I'd love to see the 290X at 550 AUD, that would mean the 390X could probably be cost as much as the 780 Ti, or additionally the GTX 980.

If AMD keeps the price of their high-end cards $50-$150 under the Nvidia equivalent than I'm sure there'll be a lot more AMD GPUs out of stock when the GTX 980/Ti and R9 390/X come out. 

Just wanna add that I'd love to see the MSI TWIN FROZR 5 on a 390X for $750, I'd probably jizz in my pants if that did happen. 

More jizz-worthy is flagship cards at $500 like they used to be.

[Deletive]

They should just make offical price for the 290 like 385$ or something... just block Nvidia out of everything lower then 780/970.

If you can't afford a 780 and you don't need cuda... unless you're a fanboy then I don't see much of a reason to go with nvidia for anything under around and under 290 price.

[Mateyyy]

Game over Nvidia

[DIV1D3]

More jizz-worthy is flagship cards at $500 like they used to be.

I'm sorry I had too.....

[Guest]

And I just bought a 290 ;_; Nah, pretty cool to see price drops coming from the rumour mill and from product releases (GTX 770 getting cheaper because of the R9 285 launch, and the 290x getting cheaper because of the 900 series launch). I already thought that 350€ for my R9 290 tri-x was an amazing deal, if they drop the prices even further then AMD wins price/performance every day of the week without a question. I really don't see people picking up mid-range Nvidia cards if this is true tbh.

[PatrikStar24]

Nvidia used Pay Day (?)
It failed.
AMD used Cut
It's Super Effective!

[infamous_last]

I'd love to see the 290X at 550 AUD, that would mean the 390X could probably be cost as much as the 780 Ti, or additionally the GTX 980.

If AMD keeps the price of their high-end cards $50-$150 under the Nvidia equivalent than I'm sure there'll be a lot more AMD GPUs out of stock when the GTX 980/Ti and R9 390/X come out.

Just wanna add that I'd love to see the MSI TWIN FROZR 5 on a 390X for $750, I'd probably jizz in my pants if that did happen.

550? You can buy at 580 already, that's close enough.

www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=193_1555

[Spongy141]

AMD just keep just keep doing what you are doing.

[Ace Light]

Everyone will still be on Nvidia bandwagon but props to fighting!!! I most likely will have an AMD card in my system!

[EChondo]

Man, let's hope this continues on with the next generation!

 

Really want a EVGA card...but AMD keeps pulling me back in!

[Humbug]

All this is great for the ecosystem because when a higher percentage of PC gamers have powerful GPUs then it raises the baseline which devs can target...

[DIV1D3]

550? You can buy at 580 already, that's close enough. www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=193_1555

I was thinking about the Tri-X and Gaming 4G... Not the Double Dissipation. 

If the Tri-X was $550 I'd be crying, mainly because I'd rather have two of them instead of the 3 280Xs but also because of the lower price the 390/X should have. 

[swifty7]

hopefully this will mean a price drop for the 780

[Dude]

I just bought an R9 290 a few days ago... Bummer. Seriously though, I do hope this gets to a point where GPUs get ridiculously cheap for what they are because I would love to see flagship cards going for $490 or less.

[Notional]

There is no win/win for them. Every ass buys darn cheap GPUs and the companies don't get anything out of it but a great loss. I can't see your win/win.

 

None of these companies sell at loss, so yeah, it IS a win win. It will further upgrade people's systems, giving devs an incentive to focus on better usage of higher end cards, and the new tech that comes with it. More GCN 1.1 compatible computers out there, will give a higher incentive for trueaudio support and Adaptive Sync supported monitors for instance.

[Paralectic]

I'd buy a R9 R295x2 for 700EU

[ViruZ_HUN]

Nvidia and AMD, cut them until your highest end card is 50 bucks:D

[ciccio_cozza]

This is why competition is good for the customers! 

[blackboss]

I'd buy a R9 R295x2 for 700EU

what ?!?!?! where ?!?!?!