MSI's pricing for R9 290/290X - OUCH

oldestgregg · 9 Oct 2013 at 11:51

MjFrosty said:
This...they're playing it very close to the chest as it's going to compete with 780 pricing and they don't want Nvidia to undercut them. If it wasn't for that they'd of announced it yonks ago...

Very quick to jump down the green teams throat on here but AMD are just as crafty, they're looking to get as much for these cards as they can (and why not).

That what I said earlier MJ. Nvidia have the money of a big corporation but also have the hatred that the mega companies get along with it. AMD are no better and just because we have had a couple of good years from them seem to think that is how they can act now. A lot of peeps love them because of price/performance and once that price bit is dropped they lose a significant edge as far as I am concerned. Me personally, should this pricing be true, would see more point in buying Nvidia as until mantle is proven to be anything at least I get physx. We will see though....

DJ_Bucho · 9 Oct 2013 at 11:53

To be honest that's the sort of price range I was expecting, which is exactly why I purchased a 7970 Matrix Platinum for less than half the price

shadow_boxer · 9 Oct 2013 at 12:14

Crazy pricing if true. Unfortunately they'll always be people willing to pay whatever for a new high end gpu so both companies continue to get away with extortionate pricing. So much for a price war.

psychas · 9 Oct 2013 at 12:19

to expensive if its true pricing

ICDP · 9 Oct 2013 at 12:37

R280X starts at £240 for custom cooled versions. It isn't realisitic for AMD to price R9 290 at ~£500 with R9 290X at £600+. Such a massive jump between tiers in pricing leaves a gap in the AMD line-up that will be easy for Nvidia to exploit.

GTX780 reference has a much better reference fan that is far more attractive to consumers. So R9 290 cannot cost the same as a GTX780 if it has similar performance. The Nvidia brand premium (in name only) cannot be ignored.

Realistic pricing for reference R9 290 cards avoiding massive price gaps between R9 280X and R9 290.
R9 290: ~£350 - £380
R9 290X:~£430 - £450.

Of course I wouldn't be surprised if AMD are anything but realistic. Titan is priced at £800+, so maybe AMD think ours is as fast as theirs so why not charge £700... it's £100 cheaper right. :rolleyes:

krooton · 9 Oct 2013 at 12:40

R9 285(X) to fill the gap?

Jamezinho · 9 Oct 2013 at 12:42

ICDP said:
Realistic pricing for reference card:
R9 290: ~£350 - £380
R9 290X:~£430 - £450.

This is what I was hoping for.

Zeed · 9 Oct 2013 at 12:51

I am ok with price up to 500 if it beats 780 cause it comes with BF4

kindai · 9 Oct 2013 at 12:52

Jamezinho said:
This is what I was hoping for.

Same here

BaDBoY_uK · 9 Oct 2013 at 12:52

panyan said:
If we add vat to these:

£547.46 => £656.95
£437.80 => £525.36

So I reckon the prices over here will be £699 and £549 respectively

Well I certainly wont be buying if their anywhere close to these prices

+1

ICDP said:
Realistic pricing for reference R9 290 cards avoiding massive price gaps between R9 280X and R9 290.
R9 290: ~£350 - £380
R9 290X:~£430 - £450.

You Sir, are smoking blue meth

I agree with Raven on pricing. £600-650 on 290X

LtMatt · 9 Oct 2013 at 13:02

Looking forward to your opinion on your 280X cards badboy.

VincentHanna · 9 Oct 2013 at 13:04

It's all speculation until they announce prices.

HighlandeR · 9 Oct 2013 at 13:05

People are gonna take one look at BF4 and spend silly money me thinks

merrick · 9 Oct 2013 at 13:15

Does anyone know how much the card is going to cost for them to produce?

Ian Evey · 9 Oct 2013 at 13:22

I hope the prices are untrue, as this is the reason i opted to buy nvidia instead of a 7970 last time round.

ICDP · 9 Oct 2013 at 13:26

BaDBoY_uK said:
+1

You Sir, are smoking blue meth

I agree with Raven on pricing. £600-650 on 290X

I did say it was the realisitc pricing, not what AMD will actually go with. To be honest if Reference R9 290X is £600-£650 then AMD will be the ones on blue meth.

Gregster · 9 Oct 2013 at 13:30

HighlandeR said:
People are gonna take one look at BF4 and spend silly money me thinks

Yep, they did the same when BF3 was released.

Suarez7 · 9 Oct 2013 at 13:30

Very naive to think AMD will price themselves out of the market. Nobody is going to go for a 290x at £600+ unless it's considerably better than 780.

Still sticking to my £450-500 estimate I made a while back.

LtMatt · 9 Oct 2013 at 13:35

Suarez7 said:
Very naive to think AMD will price themselves out of the market. Nobody is going to go for a 290x at £600+ unless it's considerably better than 780.

Still sticking to my £450-500 estimate I made a while back.

Back when i predicted i didn't realise there was going to be two new cards. As a result of that im expecting the 290 (780 rival) to be slightly cheaper but offer similar performance. (5%+Faster or Slower)

Same for 290X vs Titan

290= £400-£500 - Covering reference models and higher end models.
290X=£500-£600 - Covering reference models and higher end models.

ICDP · 9 Oct 2013 at 13:45

LtMatt said:
Back when i predicted i didn't realise there was going to be two new cards. As a result of that im expecting the 290 (780 rival) to be slightly cheaper but offer similar performance. (5%+Faster or Slower)

Same for 290X vs Titan

290= £400-£500 - Covering reference models and higher end models.
290X=£500-£600 - Covering reference models and higher end models.

The problem then becomes the massive market gap AMD leave between R9 280X and R9 290.

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MSI's pricing for R9 290/290X - OUCH

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