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I noticed in another thread with pcpartpicker builds that Newegg has this R9 290 for $250 after mail-in rebate.  

 

I was wanting to upgrade my son's video card this holiday.  I hadn't actually been paying attention to AMD prices yet. Is this a discounted price?     Or did AMD drop the price of their GPUs lately and this is the new norm?  Pcpartpicker's most expensive one is $280.

 

To put it bluntly, is this the one I should get because this price being that good, or should I stick around for the possibility of a better sale for Black Friday and/or Cyber Monday? 

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well lets see, it performs near a 970, and is 100$ less, if you dont mind the power/ heat, go for it

 

 

the price is not a full drop, i think its on for about 300 msrp but most retailers have it on sale 

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I noticed in another thread with pcpartpicker builds that Newegg has this R9 290 for $250 after mail-in rebate.  

 

I was wanting to upgrade my son's video card this holiday.  I hadn't actually been paying attention to AMD prices yet. Is this a discounted price?     Or did AMD drop the price of their GPUs lately and this is the new norm?  Pcpartpicker's most expensive one is $280.

 

To put it bluntly, is this the one I should get because this price being that good, or should I stick around for the possibility of a better sale for Black Friday and/or Cyber Monday? 

You should wait for Cyber Monday. 

Or better yet, why not wait 3 more months for the 3XX series? (Than the 2XX series would go on discount like crazy)

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 if you dont mind the power/ heat, go for it

 

I don't mind.  300 watts is kind of ridiculous, but the power supply should handle it.   It's 600.

 

 

You should wait for Cyber Monday. 

Every one else's tone seems unimpressed, and yours is a direct recommendation to wait.  I think I might find myself waiting to see what happens.  Seems like $250 is the new low end of the price range and better sales might be afoot.

 

 

 

Or better yet, why not wait 3 more months for the 3XX series? (Than the 2XX series would go on discount like crazy)

Has AMD announced that? 

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Its not unusual for 290s to be around 250 US. The Powercolor PCS+ 290 has been at 249 for a couple weeks now and its arguably a better card than the tri x. The Vapor X 290 was even going for 249 at one point, and that is the best 290 out there in terms of thermal performance, noise and factory clock speed.

 

I don't see the price of 290s going up, and once the 390 series is out in 2-3 months might even drop further.

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Arounf 260-270 USD is where it's at right now without special deals. Used on ebay is around 200$. 

Is it the card to get? I don't know. Personally I'm going for a 970 but waiting for a reference cooler. 

 

Best Buy has them with the metal reference cooler (not a vapor chamber like the Titans though)

Why the i5 over the FX-8350?

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I don't mind.  300 watts is kind of ridiculous, but the power supply should handle it.   It's 600.

 

 

Every one else's tone seems unimpressed, and yours is a direct recommendation to wait.  I think I might find myself waiting to see what happens.  Seems like $250 is the new low end of the price range and better sales might be afoot.

 

 

 

Has AMD announced that? 

 

MSI gaming R9 290 was going for $230 after rebate a few weeks ago at newegg. Two weeks ago the Gigabyte Windforce R9 290 was $254 with no rebate at NCIX, and newegg had it last week for $222 after rebate

Why the i5 over the FX-8350?

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Best Buy has them with the metal reference cooler (not a vapor chamber like the Titans though)

Not available quite yet as far as I know (at least online and in my local location), but OC UK has them, their own version actually, but  at a premium that's why I'm waiting. 

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Best Buy has them with the metal reference cooler (not a vapor chamber like the Titans though)

Wait it's different than the titans I thought it was the titan cooler I was close to buying one too

You can probably get a nice deal on a 290 or 290x during black Friday or Cyber Monday and get the nice game deals amd cards have.

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