AMD Cuts Radeon R9 280 to $249

[Manny Calavera]

This might actually make me switch over to the red team for once

if you bought nvidia for no solid reason back when there was no mining craze you would be called fanboy

[SymphonyX7]

Thanks for the info. Very strong comeback for AMD. Due to inflated prices, AMD has been out of the mid to high end GPU ring for a while now. Good to finally see their comback.

Since when did they leave? They've slotted cards at critical price points.

$200 = R9 270X

$250 = GTX 760

$300 = R9 280X

$350 = GTX 770

$400 = R9 290

If you're talking about those dastardly miners however... well, I get your drift. They savagely inflated the price of the R9 28x and 29x lineup for a few months.

Anyway, the R9 280 needed the price cut tbh. It was like $20 to $30 cheaper than the R9 280X yet much slower because the 280X isn't just a higher clocked version of the 280.

[Prodigydeadeye]

Since when did they leave? They've slotted cards at critical price points.

$200 = R9 270X

$250 = GTX 760

$300 = R9 280X

$350 = GTX 770

$400 = R9 290

If you're talking about those dastardly miners however... well, I get your drift. They savagely inflated the price of the R9 28x and 29x lineup for a few months.

Anyway, the R9 280 needed the price cut tbh. It was like $20 to $30 cheaper than the R9 280X yet much slower because the 280X isn't just a higher clocked version of the 280.

Since when did they leave? the R9 280x was sitting at ~$400 dollars for months and higher end cards were also highly inflated due to card shortages. You answered your question in your response.

[SymphonyX7]

Since when did they leave? the R9 280x was sitting at ~$400 dollars for months and higher end cards were also highly inflated due to card shortages. You answered your question in your response.

Where I live, the price remained the same. It seems the inflation caused by the mining was only apparent in the US.

[Prodigydeadeye]

Where I live, the price remained the same. It seems the inflation caused by the mining was only apparent in the US.

You lucky duck.

[The Crazed Child]

if you bought nvidia for no solid reason back when there was no mining craze you would be called fanboy

I've had Nvidia forever since the only game I played was the old Flight Sim X. It worked better with Nvidia cards.

[Thebman712]

OK is this in Canada too because I was looking at trying to get a 760 or 270 and if the 280 will make better use of my i7 4770 and cuda will be a while longer for me