290X now from £239.99 on OcUK!!!!
Nice price mate
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AMD begins slashing the prices of its Radeon R9 290, R9 290X GPUs
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Nice price mate
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£387, but even that seems quite high. Do us a great deal Gibbo and I'll take at least one, possibly three.
Well you've got what you wished for
Yes as is the Sapphire one.
I can ask, what is lowest price you've guys seen elsewhere so I can aim to beat that by a good £20-£30
£387, but even that seems quite high. Do us a great deal Gibbo and I'll take at least one, possibly three.
Doesn't seem to be that many places selling it unless I'm looking in the wrong place.
As for price it would have to be sub £350 minimum before I could consider buying one. Ideally lower, I know that's probably asking the impossible though.
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Amusing watching the armchair cheerleaders out in force.
Well with news like this, it could be seen that way. I prefer to think that the restructuring is over and now they need a CEO to take them back into competitive business.
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£387, but even that seems quite high. Do us a great deal Gibbo and I'll take at least one, possibly three.
In the grand scheme of 290x's yes, but don't forget it's a monster card and pretty much the only true clockers card in the entire r9 range and (I may be wrong) the only r9 card with Sammy ic. ~£380 isn't a bad price, if gibbo could do sub £350 it would be a real winner.
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And it has a beast of a cooler.
290X now from £239.99 on OcUK!!!!
Any chance of knocking £100 off the 290x Tri-X.... Sapphire will not mind.
If you don't ask and all that....
Any chance of knocking £100 off the 290x Tri-X.... Sapphire will not mind.
If you don't ask and all that....
Currently Sapphire pricing is poor, minimal discounts.
The partners seem very reluctant to drop prices much, only the reference card deals are the strong ones at present.
Currently Sapphire pricing is poor, minimal discounts.
The partners seem very reluctant to drop prices much, only the reference card deals are the strong ones at present.
They have to leave themselves a profit, no point in dropping prices if they are giving them away.
I think its going to be a difficult few months for AMD and their partners, but i think they will be back with some awesome stuff in the new year.
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Presume these all come with Gold game packs, which makes £240 seem like a pretty damn good price.
Now we just need the 295X2 to hit £500 or so
Now we just need the 295X2 to hit £500 or so
I think its going to be a difficult few months for AMD and their partners, but i think they will be back with some awesome stuff in the new year.
I can't help but wonder about that 500mm2 tape-out slide. Of course, they would've started the hype machine by now surely...
I can't see the point of 500mm on 28nm for AMD, the 290X is 440mm.
Thats space for 15% more shaders, it would bring the shader count to about 3200 to 3300 and actually only result in about 10% extra performance.
No point for such a big die.
Unless AMD have an improved architecture revision and / or HBM adds another solid 10%.
A 500mm Tonga with a 512Bit Bus / HBM might be pretty good.
