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When will AMD be slashing prices? Gibbo
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I guess when the newer R9 3**X cards come out then more or likely yes... as Nvidia have released their new cards, I do not think it will be long until AMD release theirs... which means price drops on the current generation of cards
I'm sure they are going to have to drop the 290's further...
This. Not sure why anyone would by a 290 for £260 when you can get a 970 for the same price.
I've put bids in for the prices I want to pay, now the waiting game.
OcUK's 290's are £250 though for several brands, whereas our competitors are considerably more.
AMD are going to have to drop prices or lose sales/customers to Team Green until they launch their next cards.
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And even then people will probably be plumping for a 970 (or 2) due to less psu demands (and possibly saving a chunk of change in the process!!)
Buy one & get one free sounds better....Yeah you're right, how does £200 sound?
Not really a 290X faster that a 970 stock for stock. Yes when you overclock the 970 can pull ahead marginally. But AMD compare stock performing cards against each other and then prices as such.
As such the NVIDIA MSRP's are:-
970 ref @ £259 more for custom
980 ref @ £429 more for custom
So being realistic AMD should be:-
290 ref @ £199 more for custom
290X ref @ £269 more for custom
That should do it for them, however if they want to shift huge volumes then £199 for 290 custom and £269 for 290X custom would shift them thousands per week. I doubt it's possible to go this low or actually required though.
Sold 43 since Friday, so who knows at £250 they are flying for us, of course if cheaper we'd sell more but we have no more margin to reduce further.
If the 290 ref went down to £200 I would be more than happy
No point in having a 1300watt psu and only running one If the 290 ref went down to £200 I would be more than happy
it's not about the money any more, the 970 is a much better card in every way.
970 is just better in every department. I certainly couldn't recommend a 290 over a 970 for most situations.
If the 290 goes to silly prices I'd consider getting another and running them into the ground until 20nm. After all it's plenty or GPU horsepower, even if xfire is as hot as a nuclear reactor.
If the 290 goes to silly prices I'd consider getting another and running them into the ground until 20nm. After all it's plenty or GPU horsepower, even if xfire is as hot as a nuclear reactor.
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Wouldn't this have the potential to royally screw AMD?
£200 290P means sub £150 280 series, sub £100 270X, sub £80 270, sub £50 260 etc...just balancing their line up for a rapid drop on the top end could harm them financially. Without those price drops, one line or other simply wouldn't sell, like why would someone spend £175 on a 285 if £25 more gets you a 290 etc...
Maybe when it comes to a single card, but when it comes to multi GPU and multi screen gaming the 290 may still have the upper hand.
If the 290 ref went down to £200 I would be more than happy
They've dipped a chunk below £200 on the MM now. Might be worth going there for a second one?