None that I know of, sorry! I occasionally go on Reddit and do some reading, that's enough for me haha. I personally don't do any type of mining. Maybe I should start...
I think that's what I'll do (minus the CUDA mining ) and just get a 780. A lot of people speculate this "shortage" will be up until Christmas even, and I kind of need a GPU sooner than that. If the 290 ever gets an aftermarket cooler I'll get it in a heartbeat.
LOL, some deal that would be, huh?!