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

[etched Chaos]

If it's supposed to blow away a 780 one things for sure it will not be cheaper, it will be £600 plus.

Have AMD turned into nVidia for the 290x release?

 

[Orangey]

Here is a question

If an R9 290X is about 37.5% more powerful than a HD 7970, will it really be able to catch a Titan using extreme settings and Hi Rez

Here is the table from the Heaven 4 1440p section,



The best HD 7970 here would have to be nearly 65% faster to catch the best Titan

We shall know in a few days!

 

[Gregster]

Here is a question

If an R9 290X is about 37.5% more powerful than a HD 7970, will it really be able to catch a Titan using extreme settings and Hi Rez

Here is the table from the Heaven 4 1440p section,



The best HD 7970 here would have to be nearly 65% faster to catch the best Titan

Good point Kaap. I look forward to the 290X guys challenge. Pistols at dawn old chaps snarf snarf

 

[Kaapstad]

Have AMD turned into nVidia for the 290x release?

You mean they are green with envy at NVidia's pricing levels.

 

[elmuzzy66.]

Have AMD turned into nVidia for the 290x release?

Nope they all ready done it with the 7990 release price and the 4.9ghz cpu

 

[benjii]

If it's supposed to blow away a 780 one things for sure it will not be cheaper, it will be £600 plus.

I can't see it being £600 plus if you can get a 7990 for <£600.

 

[Kaapstad]

I can't see it being £600 plus if you can get a 7990 for <£600.

The HD 7990s are going up in price when the R9 290X is launched.

 

[etched Chaos]

You mean they are green with envy at nVidia's pricing levels.

They might be, but I'm not . It's refreshing to see I can pick-up a 7950 for my budget (still dreaming of a 7970 dropping into my price-range).

 

[Orangey]

I can't see it being £600 plus if you can get a 7990 for <£600.

It's nominal price is supposed to be about 500-550 (780 level). But add gouging and it could hit 600 quite easily. AMD wanted the 7990 back up between 600-700 so you can extrapolate from those two points.

 

[Gregster]

Don't forget that Gibbo also said that prices can go either way up to an hour prior to launch...

I would still expect it to be ~£518 for the reference.

 

[Frenzy]

Well when we were throwing around prices earlier he did say we would be "VERY pleased" with the price.

If it is £500 it makes my decision about buying it easy. I'm still not 100% I should bother upgrading yet.

 

[Buckster]

yeah as in cheaper than Titan probably ... !

 

[nicnik]

£500 would be a good price, including bf4

 

[Zeed]

for 600f they go go **** themselves.
As NV hater or at lest not fanboy i would rather buy 780 than their card at that price !!!!

 

[RavenXXX2]

This is all very convenient for the big two in GPU's. AMD release the 290x at £500+ then comes the 290 at say £450, in kind Nvidia drop the 780 to around the same price as the 290 and then release the 780ti slightly above the 290x. Status quo restored, how very boring.

 

[Frenzy]

I would personally rather get a cheap second hand 7970 if I find my current one struggling and wait it out until the new cards hit which isn't actually that long off.

 

[Zeed]

Frenzy true but i need more horsepower to play bf4 in 3D than my 7950 provides
And i dont want to fight crossfire and 3D at once in every game.

 

[Frenzy]

That's understandable. I despise multi gpu setups myself, but only because I've experienced so many issues with them. I know the situation has much improved but I don't like regretting things I've purchased.

 

[straxusii]

I am expecting around £400-£500, I bet that Danish price is nothing more than a place holder.

Remember AMD were first to market with 28nm, the 7970 dominated everything from Nvidia and it was £450 for a proper new gen.

 

[no_1_dave]

Now AMD know the 7800ti is coming out I wonder if they will nerf the 290X untill after the 7800ti releases, then release a magic driver that boosts the performance by 10-15% like they did with the 7970