** OcUK MOVES PRICE ON 290/290X!! **

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One of our competitors is making claims they have the best range and best prices. Yet reality is OcUK has had a 10% discount code for MSI 290/290X in circulation making those cards sub £350 and £260 respectively and have also being giving FREE SSD's and memory kits away with 280-290X purchases for last couple of weeks, something our competitors have only done with 295 X2's.

As such we have now stopped the FREE SSD promotion and removed the MSI 10% discount code and simply dropped our prices:-


XFX Radeon R9 290X DD Black Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290X-EDBD) @ £337.99 inc VAT

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For gamers who demand the very best, AMD Radeon™ R9 290X graphics shatters ordinary GPU performance. Groundbreaking GCN Architecture pushes your performance to insane levels while AMD TrueAudio technology and ultra-resolution gaming take you even deeper into the action.

XFX's exclusive Black Edition graphics card are the most rigorously tested graphics card. They are pre-overclocked to the maximum core clock achievable and come from the highest quality yield GPUs which make up the top 1% of those produced in the world. In addition, we pair it with the highest quality components to ensure there are no bottle necks so you can be certain you are getting the best graphics card possible on the market today.

XFX's exclusive ghost thermal 2.0 design creates a floating heatsink with open airflow between the PCB and the cover so that air can quickly ventilate off the card while simultaneously cooling the core process and the components. We've also made major advances from our first generation which includes a heat tested light weight plastic to create an overall lighter thermal which reduces the physical strain on your gpu.

XFX's exclusive dual fan double dissipation design utilizes two larger fans which run at slower RPM than comparable single fan soltuions which must run at much higer RPMs just to barely achieve the same cooling needs. Because of this design, XFX is able to achieve up to 13db lower noise than the competitor while simultaneously increasing the overall cooling by 7°C.


Specification:-
- GPU: Hawaii Pro
- Stream Processors: 2816
- ROPS: 64
- Core Speed: 1050MHz
- Memory Speed: 5000Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 600W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Card Dimension (cm) : 29.5 x 14.3 x 4.2
- Card Dimension (inch) : 11.61 x 5.63 x 1.65
- Warranty: 2yr


Was [£379.99] Inc. VAT

Only £337.99 inc VAT.

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XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Black Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDBD) @ £263.99 inc VAT

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AMD Radeon R9 290 is a new graphics card powered by the latest AMD Radeon™ R9 290 graphics-processing unit (GPU). 4GB of super-fast GDDR5 memory for the best gaming experience at the highest resolutions including 4k and incorporates AMD Eyefinity and TrueAudio technologies to enable expansive multi-display setups and more accurate environmental sounds. R9 290 also includes support for both DirectX® 11.2 and AMD's new Mantle application programming interface (API) for great handling of even the most-demanding PC games.

OcUK has negotiated special RMA terms with XFX which allows OcUK to express RMA any XFX item purchased from ourselves within 48 hours. Also exclusive to OcUK we allow the removal of the stock cooler for those wishing to water-cool their XFX product or change the cooler.


Specification:-
- GPU: Hawaii Pro
- Stream Processors: 2560
- ROPS: 64
- Core Speed: 980MHz
- Memory Speed: 5000Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 600W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Card Dimension (cm) : 29.5 x 14.3 x 4.2
- Card Dimension (inch) : 11.61 x 5.63 x 1.65
- Warranty: 2yr


Was [£299.99] Inc. VAT

Only £263.99 inc VAT.

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MSI Radeon R9 290X Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £337.99 inc VAT

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AMD Radeon R9 290X is a new graphics card powered by the latest AMD Radeon™ R9 290X graphics-processing unit (GPU). 4GB of super-fast GDDR5 memory for the best gaming experience at the highest resolutions including 4k and incorporates AMD Eyefinity and TrueAudio technologies to enable expansive multi-display setups and more accurate environmental sounds. R9 290X also includes support for both DirectX® 11.2 and AMD's new Mantle application programming interface (API) for great handling of even the most-demanding PC games.


Specification:-
- Radeon R9 290X
- Backplate included: Yes
- GPU: Hawaii XT
- Litecoin Hash Rate: 850-1000
- Stream Processors: 2816
- ROPS: 64
- Core Speed: 1040MHz
- Memory Speed: 5000Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- Cooling: MSI Twin FrozR Gaming Cooling
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 600W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Warranty: 3yr


Was [£379.99] Inc. VAT

Only £337.99 inc VAT.

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MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £257.99 inc VAT

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AMD Radeon R9 290 is a new graphics card powered by the latest AMD Radeon™ R9 290 graphics-processing unit (GPU). 4GB of super-fast GDDR5 memory for the best gaming experience at the highest resolutions including 4k and incorporates AMD Eyefinity and TrueAudio technologies to enable expansive multi-display setups and more accurate environmental sounds. R9 290 also includes support for both DirectX® 11.2 and AMD's new Mantle application programming interface (API) for great handling of even the most-demanding PC games.


Specification:
<b>Radeon R9 290
- Backplate included: Yes
- GPU: Hawaii Pro
- Litecoin Hash Rate: 800-950
- Stream Processors: 2560
- Core Speed: 977MHz
- Memory Speed: 5000Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- Cooling: MSI Twin FrozR Gaming
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 600W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Warranty: 3yr


Was [£289.99] Inc. VAT

Only £257.99 inc VAT.

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Powercolor Radeon R9 290X PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE 8GB 2400MHz Memory Kit @ £371.99 inc VAT

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PCS+ Version features Powercolor's amazing tri-fan cooler, for much lower noise levels whilst offering superior cooling. Along with a great overclock out the box, this card runs at 1050MHz core and 5400MHz memory.

AMD Radeon R9 290X is a new graphics card powered by the latest AMD Radeon™ R9 290X graphics-processing unit (GPU). 4GB of super-fast GDDR5 memory for the best gaming experience at the highest resolutions including 4k and incorporates AMD Eyefinity and TrueAudio technologies to enable expansive multi-display setups and more accurate environmental sounds. R9 290X also includes support for both DirectX® 11.2 and AMD's new Mantle application programming interface (API) for great handling of even the most-demanding PC games.


Specification:
- Radeon R9 290X
- GPU: Hawaii XT
- Litecoin Hash Rate: 850-1000
- Stream Processors: 2816
- ROPS: 64
- Core Speed: 1050MHz
- Memory Speed: 5400Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- Cooling: 2-Slot Blower Fan
- Fan Speed: 20% - 40% (Quiet Mode) & 20%-55% (Uber Mode)
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 750W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Comes with BF4 Voucher included in the box
- Warranty: 2yr


Only £371.99 inc VAT - WITH FREE 8GB 2400MHz Memory Kit worth £90!!

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Powercolor Radeon R9 290 PCS+ OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE 8GB 2400MHz Memory Kit @ £293.99 inc VAT

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PCS+ Version features Powercolor's amazing tri-fan cooler, for much lower noise levels whilst offering superior cooling. Along with a great overclock out the box, this card runs at 1040MHz core and 5400MHz memory.

AMD Radeon R9 290 is a new graphics card powered by the latest AMD Radeon™ R9 290 graphics-processing unit (GPU). 4GB of super-fast GDDR5 memory for the best gaming experience at the highest resolutions including 4k and incorporates AMD Eyefinity and TrueAudio technologies to enable expansive multi-display setups and more accurate environmental sounds. R9 290 also includes support for both DirectX® 11.2 and AMD's new Mantle application programming interface (API) for great handling of even the most-demanding PC games.


Specification:-
<b>Radeon R9 290
- GPU: Hawaii Pro
- Litecoin Hash Rate: 800-950
- Stream Processors: 2560
- Core Speed: 1040MHz
- Memory Speed: 5400Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- Cooling: 2-Slot Blower Fan
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 750W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Warranty: 2yr


Only £293.99 inc VAT - WITH FREE 8GB 2400MHz Memory Kit worth £90!!!

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Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Vapor-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11226-10-40G) @ £379.99 inc VAT

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The SAPPHIRE R9 290X Vapor-X OC features several of the company’s industry-leading technologies and a factory overclock to deliver best in class performance with very low noise.

Based on the award-winning Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture from AMD with 2816 Stream Processors, the SAPPHIRE R9 290X Vapor-X is an Overclocked edition which boasts 4GB of the latest GDDR5 memory running at 1410 MHz (5.64GB/s effective) and high speed engine clocks of 1080MHz.

SAPPHIRE’s innovative Vapor-X cooling technology allows products to run not only cooler but also much quieter. A Vapor-X product means a virtually silent gaming experience and more headroom to explore performance tweaking!

Choke is an important component of the graphics card. By working with the component engineer, Sapphire’s patent pending choke is 10% cooler and offers 25% more power efficiency than a normal choke. The graphics card will be more reliable and save energy.

Improved reliability and better overclocking are possible by using only high-polymer, aluminum capacitors which posses far superior characteristics than regular aluminum capacitor for a longer product life. When operational temperatures drop by 20°C, the product life span is extended by a factor of ten, when the operational temperature increases by 20°C, the product life span only decreases by 10%.

Along the edge of the card the PCB is extended and one of the copper layers left exposed. An additional heatsink mounted directly to this copper layer allows heat absorbed into the PCB from the GPU and other components to be transferred to the heatsink and cooled by the airflow. This feature alone can reduce core temperature by 2 degree C.

Specification:-
- GPU: Hawaii XT
- Litecoin Hash Rate: 850-1000
- Stream Processors: 2816
- ROPS: 64
- Core Speed: 1030MHz >
- Memory Speed: 5300Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 600W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Warranty: 2yr


Was [£429.95] Inc. VAT

Only £379.99 inc VAT.

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Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11226-03-40G) @ £349.99 inc VAT

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AMD Radeon R9 290X is a new graphics card powered by the latest AMD Radeon™ R9 290X graphics-processing unit (GPU). 4GB of super-fast GDDR5 memory for the best gaming experience at the highest resolutions including 4k and incorporates AMD Eyefinity and TrueAudio technologies to enable expansive multi-display setups and more accurate environmental sounds. R9 290X also includes support for both DirectX® 11.2 and AMD's new Mantle application programming interface (API) for great handling of even the most-demanding PC games.


Specification:-
- Radeon R9 290X
- GPU: Hawaii XT
- Litecoin Hash Rate: 850-1000
- Stream Processors: 2816
- ROPS: 64
- Core Speed: 1000MHz
- Memory Speed: 5000Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 600W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Warranty: 2yr


Was [£379.99] Inc. VAT

Only £349.99 inc VAT.

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Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Vapor-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-04-40G) @ £299.99 inc VAT

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Sapphires 290 Vapor-X is the fastest 290 on the market with a core clock of 1050MHz but even more impressive is the 5600MHz memory clock and with 4GB of RAM making this card perfect for 4K resolution and latest games such as Titanfall, Diablo 3 etc.

The Vapor-X cooler is simply the best cooler available full stop on any 290 card, it operates in near silence but has incredibly powerful cooling ability making this a great card for both gamers and overclockers.

Specification:-
- Radeon R9 290
- GPU: Hawaii Pro
- Litecoin Hash Rate: 800-950 <br />
- Stream Processors: 2560
- Core Speed: 1030MHz
- Memory Speed: 5600Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 600W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 2x 8-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Warranty: 2yr
- Kitguru Review: http://www.kitguru.net/components/g...280x-vapor-x-oc-and-r9-290-vapor-x-oc-review/


Was [£329.99] Inc. VAT

Only £299.99 inc VAT.

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Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-00-40G) @ £259.99 inc VAT

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AMD Radeon R9 290 is a new graphics card powered by the latest AMD Radeon™ R9 290 graphics-processing unit (GPU). 4GB of super-fast GDDR5 memory for the best gaming experience at the highest resolutions including 4k and incorporates AMD Eyefinity and TrueAudio technologies to enable expansive multi-display setups and more accurate environmental sounds. R9 290 also includes support for both DirectX® 11.2 and AMD's new Mantle application programming interface (API) for great handling of even the most-demanding PC games.


Specification:
- Radeon R9 290
- GPU: Hawaii Pro
- Litecoin Hash Rate: 800-950
- Stream Processors: 2560
- Core Speed: 1000MHz
- Memory Speed: 5200Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 600W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin required
- Display Outputs: 2x Dual Link DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
- Warranty: 2yr


Was [£299.99] Inc. VAT

Only £259.99 inc VAT.

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MSI Radeon R9 280 Gaming 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £149.99 inc VAT

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This MSI 280 Gaming Edition allows you to game in near silence and play the latest games such a Titanfall, Diablo 3 and many other games with ease with quality levels set to high levels. At sub £200 these are superb cards and follow on in the footsteps of the famous HD 7950 cards.


Specification:-
- Litecoin Hash Rate: 500-700
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- Hugely overclockable
- Core Clock Speed: 933MHz
- Boost Clock Speed: 1000MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 1792
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 3GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 384 bit / 5000MHz
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin
- Display Outputs: 1x DVI + 1x DP + 1x HDMI
- Power: 250W TDP
- 3yr Warranty


Was [£155.99] Inc. VAT

Only £149.99 inc VAT.

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XFX Radeon R9 280X DD Black Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-280X-TDBD) @ £189.95 inc VAT

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XFX R9 280X has the performance to power the latest games with ease but at a very aggressive price point making it incredible value for money.

OcUK has negotiated special RMA terms with XFX which allows OcUK to express RMA any XFX item purchased from ourselves within 48 hours. Also exclusive to OcUK we allow the removal of the stock cooler for those wishing to water-cool their XFX product or change the cooler.


Specification:-
- PCI-E 3.0 Ready: Delivers double the bandwidth per lane of PCIe GEN2 for faster GPU- CPU
- Core Clock Speed: 1080MHz
- Shader Architecture: GCN
- Stream Processors: 32 CU / 2048 ALU
- Texture Units: 128
- ROPS / Z-Stencil: 32 / 128
- Frame Buffer / Memory: 3GB GDDR5
- Memory Width / Speed: 384 bit / 6200MHz
- Load / Idle Board Power: <300W / <3W
- Power Connectors: 8-pin + 6-pin
- Display Outputs: 2x DVI + 1x DP + 1x HDMI
- Power: 250W TDP
- 2yr Warranty


Was [£221.99] Inc. VAT

Only £189.95 inc VAT.

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I am sure competitors will attempt to follow me or might actually start trying to lead and not follow. The end result of OcUK instigating such moves in the channel has one outcome. Great news for consumers if we cause widespread price drops and for our competitors to become more pro-active instead of reactive. So in the end no matter where you buy your graphics card from in some way you have OcUK to thank for it.

Happy buying guys! :D
 
Price drops are always going to be welcome and I'm sure we're all grateful for your efforts. OcUK again doing their bit to maintain their rightful premier spot - Well done!

However, the price of graphics cards has gone up way above inflation and is in no way good for pc gaming in general. I'm still amazed when people get excited by a £20 or £30 price drop on a £500 card when its equivalent would have cost £300 5 yrs ago. To me it is a product of an overhyped marketing department and I dislike it. I'm further amazed at the lack of any substantial price reductions on older tech when it is truly end of line.
 
Well you can't assume that each iteration of card will have the same R&D costs and the same production and distribution costs.

Really they should be cheaper to make, produce and distribute over previous releases.
Any company will try and produce a product better but cheaper than the previous to maximise profits.

To some extent Nvidia and AMD can charge what they like because its not a competitive market place when there are only two main players.

Anyway back on topic I will add there are some cracking deals here especially still with the 8GB RAM free deals.
 
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Really they should be cheaper to make, produce and distribute over previous releases.

Any company will try and produce a product better but cheaper than the previous to maximise profits.

Well a lot of the time GPU's have such different tech between releases that you can't focus on reducing production costs.
Where I work we reduce production by calculating the production requirements and bulk buying components, if you're changing all the components next year, there's not much you can do. If they were planning to produce the 290 for the next 5 years with consistent sales they could drop the price right down. But GPU's don't run that long
 
I have a vision of you in my head, sitting at your computer at home one night, looking at current offers and claims from competitors, then undercutting them and laughing maniacally. Meanwhile lightning strikes outside, and someone sits on some keys of a church organ. :D
 
:eek: lol, literally just ordered the msi r9 280 gaming over the weekend (just shipped) & it's dropped in price :D

i know it's just after the fact but would there be any chance of getting the 'price drop' price?
 
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EVERYTHING IS NOW IN STOCK! THE BEST AND LARGEST RANGE, ALL IN STOCK INCLUDING 295 X2 AT £699.95 ! :)
 
wow. i could get a gpu that can scrape playable fps at 4k for £260, that is crazy. i love that vapour x cooler on that 290. so so tempting.

Or i could even crossfire my lightning for £190 :p omg
 
FOr personal reasons I will not buy a 290(x) for any price but for everyone else these prices are amazing.

However, the price of graphics cards has gone up way above inflation and is in no way good for pc gaming in general. I'm still amazed when people get excited by a £20 or £30 price drop on a £500 card when its equivalent would have cost £300 5 yrs ago. To me it is a product of an overhyped marketing department and I dislike it. I'm further amazed at the lack of any substantial price reductions on older tech when it is truly end of line.

It really really really hasn't. Linus covered in the WAN show where he compared prices from 2004 and earlier to today's prices and found... they hadn't changed. Even though inflation and raw material prices have increased, GPUs are the same. People are just buying the higher end cards.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=...=NxUvf0RdttM&feature=player_detailpage#t=3326
 
Awesome prices on the 290X's! Although the big price difference between the 290 and the 290X makes it seem like a big premium for adding an X!

I thoroughly recommend the MSI 290X over the XFX 290X which are both the same price.
 
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