cant believe that amd has cut the price for the r9 290 and 290x i wonder if more people would go amd now.I might "AMD has cut prices of its Radeon R9 290 and R9 290X GPUs. The Radeon R9 290 has dropped from its previous $399 price to $299, that's $100 off. Meanwhile the R9 290X dropped from $549 to $399, a drop of $150. The new prices represent a price drop of about a quarter for both of these graphics cards." http://hexus.net/business/news/components/75505-amd-cuts-prices-radeon-r9-290-290x-cards/