AMD Radeon R9 290X with Hawaii GPU pictured, has 512-bit 4GB Memory

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 3 Oct 2013 at 21:50

Shawreyboy said:
That's £450 add £90 VAT = £540 plus the extra added on by 1st day it could come in at around £600. I wasn't far wrong with my first guess if this pricing is mirrored here.

The pricing from the other retailer was around £540 to £550 for the BF4 special edition card.

Now,include the $730 for the Newegg card,and that is the actual RRP of the card.

So,that means "normal" versions of the card will be less.

This is GTX780 level pricing. All the fake shock by some people,is that,just fake shock(not directed at you BTW).

People should be shocked that we continue having these £300+ cards in the first place,but for the last decade it has happened too many times,ie,8800 Ultra,X1950XTX,etc.

Shawreyboy · 3 Oct 2013 at 21:51

~>Dg<~ said:
overclockers says it will be 799.00 in the description. is everyone missing this ?

99 pound for deposit then you must clear the remaining 700 pound balance.

I think your missing the point! Its a colloquial saying for saying its going to cost a fair bit.

Just because I say I have several hundred pounds in my bank doesn't mean I have exactly £700 in there. That's what OcUK are trying to say.....

EDIT: Read carefully!

You are placing a DEPOSIT / PRE-ORDER for your slot in the queue of R290X BF4 Edition Pre-Orders. Upon product launch in mid-end October you will need to pay the remaining fee which will be several hundred pounds.

Steampunk · 3 Oct 2013 at 21:52

[XC] Oj101 at XtremeSystems says the performance is off the scale:

No longer. It's reign is over.

I, for one, thought those benchmark results shown were fake and actually lower than shown. Turns out the exact opposite is true. Well played, AMD, bloody well played.

I'm not going to give numbers, but I'll say that it's all over for the TITAN until LN2 is used, at which point the roles are reversed. LN2 is kinda wasted on the card.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 3 Oct 2013 at 21:56

Shawreyboy said:
EDIT: Read carefully!

You are placing a DEPOSIT / PRE-ORDER for your slot in the queue of R290X BF4 Edition Pre-Orders. Upon product launch in mid-end October you will need to pay the remaining fee which will be several hundred pounds.

Plus it can cancelled with a full refund,in case the price ends up being more than the RRP.

~>Dg<~ · 3 Oct 2013 at 21:56

Shawreyboy said:
I think your missing the point! Its a colloquial saying for saying its going to cost a fair bit.

Just because I say I have several hundred pounds in my bank doesn't mean I have exactly £700 in there. That's what OcUK are trying to say.....

EDIT: Read carefully!

You are placing a DEPOSIT / PRE-ORDER for your slot in the queue of R290X BF4 Edition Pre-Orders. Upon product launch in mid-end October you will need to pay the remaining fee which will be several hundred pounds.

sorry but if i see that " Upon product launch in mid-end October you will need to pay the remaining fee which will be several hundred pounds."

all that means to me is i need to pay 700 pound more.

badly worded.

tdream · 3 Oct 2013 at 21:57

decto said:
Are there any decent benchmarks out?

Only ones I seem to find are at unplayable frame rates with a res of 5760 x 1080 and loads of AA which only shows the R9 has more memory bandwidth than Nvidia.

Where are the leaked benchmarks with performance in the 60+ fps range to see how the card will really run.

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Precisely, only a fraction of a percent of gamers run an eyefinitey setup. 1080p and 1600p would be much more relevant but maybe underwhelming?

Jokester · 3 Oct 2013 at 21:57

It's not badly worded. You need to look up what several means in the dictionary.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 3 Oct 2013 at 21:58

~>Dg<~ said:
sorry but if i see that " Upon product launch in mid-end October you will need to pay the remaining fee which will be several hundred pounds."

all that means to me is i need to pay 700 pound more.

badly worded.

£400 is several hundred quid more and so is £900. So is £300 or £700.

Newegg and another UK retailer have already leaked the RRP. Anything much over £550 to £575 is just retailers price gouging.

~>Dg<~ · 3 Oct 2013 at 22:01

if thats the case that is the case maybe i made a mistake or several

ToxicTBag · 3 Oct 2013 at 22:02

Do we know any more "facts" yet ?

Orangey · 3 Oct 2013 at 22:02

Come on 290/9950/Hawaii pro for <=£400...

Kaapstad · 3 Oct 2013 at 22:03

Steampunk said:
[XC] Oj101 at XtremeSystems says the performance is off the scale:

I would take your quotes with a pinch of salt.

The Titan using LN2 from what I have read is a pain in the butt, the GTX 780 is much preferred.

The other thing your quotes suggest is if the R9 290X can not do the business on LN2 it is lacking the ocing headroom of the Titan and GTX 780.

Steampunk · 3 Oct 2013 at 22:07

Kaapstad said:
I would take your quotes with a pinch of salt.

The Titan using LN2 from what I have read is a pain in the butt, the GTX 780 is much preferred.

The other thing your quotes suggest is if the R9 290X can not do the business on LN2 it is lacking the ocing headroom of the Titan and GTX 780.

Of course, but I'm only relaying what was said by someone who has a card. It could just be that 290X can expose all of it's potential without needing LN2 to do it.

~>Dg<~ · 3 Oct 2013 at 22:09

wouldnt 8pack be using them now if they were better for records ?

cainer · 3 Oct 2013 at 22:10

~>Dg<~ said:
wouldnt 8pack be using them now if they were better for records ?

yes, but he wont be able to post his scores yet

Kaapstad · 3 Oct 2013 at 22:10

Steampunk said:
Of course, but I'm only relaying what was said by someone who has a card. It could just be that 290X can expose all of it's potential without needing LN2 to do it.

The other thing that occurred to me is if the R9 290X can not do the business on LN2 it means the Titan will carry on as the fastest GPU.

All this is speculation though, what we need is some proper reviews.

Steampunk · 3 Oct 2013 at 22:10

~>Dg<~ said:
wouldnt 8pack be using them now if they were better for records ?

How do you know he isn't and is just waiting for NDA to lift?

Rusty0611 · 3 Oct 2013 at 22:11

~>Dg<~ said:
sorry but if i see that " Upon product launch in mid-end October you will need to pay the remaining fee which will be several hundred pounds."

all that means to me is i need to pay 700 pound more.

badly worded.

Several not equal to seven. This is awkward.

Kaapstad · 3 Oct 2013 at 22:12

~>Dg<~ said:
wouldnt 8pack be using them now if they were better for records ?

Even if they are he would still have to wait for NDA to end before he can post the results.

I think 8 Pack has got scores on the 290X but we will have to wait for the NDA.

Tekgun · 3 Oct 2013 at 22:13

~>Dg<~ said:
wouldnt 8pack be using them now if they were better for records ?

Maybe he is, but NDA would mean he could not say if he was