Radeon R9 290X Battlefield 4 Edition Graphics Cards listed for Pre-order

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  1. Exodite

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    You all realize that this isn't just the preorder price of a limited edition product but also a Swedish site and thus including 25% VAT in the price (aside from being more expensive in general), right?

    If it's 7299 SEK then I wouldn't be surprised if the general availability price ends up ~699 USD.
     
  2. lucidus

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    $700?? I paid less than that for my 780 :-/
     
  3. Portuogral

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    This is stupid, AMD!

    Putting a brand new GPU for selling and giving NO specs, NO performance numbers? Are you really asking people to take a "leap of fate" and spend $750 on your product?!

    By now, I was expecting AMD to throw raw numbers at us; to prove the community how well their brand new GPU architecture competes against an eighteen months old Kepler GPU architecture.

    But no, all I got was s i l e n c e

    I don't want R9 290X to beat the TITAN and cost $300 less! For that I have my GTX 780 that costed me $400 less!

    What I want is a R9 290X that demolishes the TITAN. I want +20% more performance for $300 less!

    That's what we all want and you had almost 2 years to deliver what we want, AMD.

    Did you succeed? I hope so.
     
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    Right on :) Ill stick with my modded 780 lol

    However id like to see this card perform well...get both company to start up a performance race again lol

    And my buddy defiantly looking for this card...we shall see

    I also agree with above we need to see some numbers asap or as someone mentioned to me they are leaning on that mantle technology idk though. :3eyes:
     

  5. mitzi76

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    That's more like it. A very good idea from the OCUK people.

    Yeah, mitzi76, something along the TITAN/780 OC performance line would be an awesome upgrade for you. If I were in your shoes, wanted to upgrade and had the money, I would deposit the money. Afaik, there are only 8000 of this bundles available
     
  7. mitzi76

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    well am still running ok most games @1920x1200 even if I have to run with high's and 2xaa (bf4 for example) and on the shopping list is a new screen/ps4/gpu/another ssd.

    so gonna be sensible and wait for more info. or sell a kidney hehe.

    p.s i have a soft spot for ocuk as they are based in staffs, seems they at least have some of the brains that should be natural being from that region :)

    interestingly it's £80 plus V.A.T I hope they repay the V.A.T
     
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  8. kosh_neranek

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    Exactly what I am thinking. GK110 (Titan)as a technology has been here for years and all AMD did was that it played a little price war with their not as good GPUs. We need a new contender for the best GPU. If AMD will not deliver again then all we can expect from next years Maxwell is that Nvidia will only release the main****** chip like it did with GK106 and will give us their best only a year later when AMD will eventually get close to it. And it's still going to cost a liver and an eye to get.

    AMD please bring in something proper! And am not talking mantle. that will help but am pretty sure that if it will make a difference Nvidia will release their version of it and that is just gonna piss people off as not many game creators are gonna support both and it's gonna be like a console war within PC..
     
  9. Solfaur

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    I doubt that the card will be that expensive, because if it is it better be at least 20% faster than Titan on DX not Mantle...
     
  10. Vinnie

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    Hilbert, any words on Dutch stores (Alternate?) that will have it available for pre-order?
     

  11. -Tj-

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    Its pre-order chill, retail price will be max 600$, probably 550$ or so.
     
  12. SLI-756

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    pre-order price is sometimes lower than when it goes live, the Titan for ex.
     
  13. BangTail

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    Of course, he should just 'slip some info' which, by mission of action, will simultaneously get his name added to multiple blacklists, thereby destroying his site/business and rendering him persona non grata the internet over.

    All worth it just so you can have 'some info' :rolleyes:

    @ Topic

    If this card is so awesome, why not just spill the beans already and why are they expecting people to preorder an ~$800.00 item based purely on faith.

    In this world of pre-order, early access etc, I take nothing on faith and a company that is not willing to show me their cards (pardon the pun) while asking for a sizeable amount of money in advance and sight unseen, is not confidence inspiring imho.
     
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  14. SLI-756

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    They're trolling us, funnily enough something DICE is known for.
     
  15. -Tj-

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    I never saw titan below 900-950$ for pre-order, more like 1100$+


    Same thing by GTX780 over 750$
     
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  16. SLI-756

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    in the uk it went up in price a little after it's inicial release.
     
  17. -Tj-

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    It doesnt really matter, R9-290X won't be more then 600$ you will see.
     
  18. eclap

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    dice? This is an AMD card, nothing to do with dice. And how exactly is dice trolling you?
     
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    If newegg lists it as $699 or $729 like hilbert stated in the other thread then thats likely to be the retail price in the USA
     
  20. SLI-756

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    have i the wrong thread of is this not the battlefield edition?
    and i did not say dice is trolling me, amd is, with this lucky dip gpu.
    which happens to be battlefield model.
    cheers.
     

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