AMD R9 290X BF4 Edition - No Specs No Price

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  1. Rich_Guy

    Rich_Guy Ancient Guru

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    http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-radeon-r9-290x-battlefield-4-edition-8000-specs-pre-order_125224

    All aboard the massive AMD fail boat! :D
     
  2. Loophole35

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    This is a bad idea.
     
  3. ---TK---

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    I would not preorder anything without verifiable information ie credible benches, specs and price.
     
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    So card and game comes out in end of october....mantel game patch for said game comes out in dec
    Never know thuo... by chrismas it may be in card bundles.
     

  5. Hardware Killer

    Hardware Killer Member Guru

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    By Christmas BF4 may run properly:)

    I'll wait for Lightnings, but I have been frustrated over the years, been running ATI quadfire every gen since the 3000 series, early adopters have issues, sell cheap buy expensive NVidia cards and a couple of months later the red team sort out their **** and you end up with great cards
     
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    yasamoka Ancient Guru

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    Somebody is smoking something very strong over @ AMD.
     
  7. Undying

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    Price and specs will be known soon enough.
     
  8. S3nt3nc3

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    What is that cry about ? It's the same situation as if you would pre-order game. You really don't know what will you get. Only speculation or info from trailers. It may be great (BF3) or a flop (Sim City). If you don't like it you can always return it.
     
  9. kanej2007

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    I call bull5hit.
     
  10. Rich_Guy

    Rich_Guy Ancient Guru

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    Its absolutely rediculous, as if you would pre-order something you know nothing about, or what the price is, and theres even nothing about wether the deposits refundable if you want to cancel, i bet 780 sales have picked up a bit now. :p

    EDIT: Only thing i can think of as to why AMD have done this, is the card is actually a cracker, as if not, its going to backfire spectacular on them, i still wouldn't take that chance though, still, im not bothered about BF games, so i can wait for the final specs, price, and the performance reviews before i decide.
     
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    cowie Ancient Guru

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    Yeah maybe chrismas 2014 :)


    Thats the thing i like to go sli/cf and i hate waiting around for basic fixes or just things that suck for overclocking.so in my case i just sell fast to make me not just take a baseball bat to the problem cards.
     
  12. mitzi76

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    a game doesnt cost £500+....

    yeah you take a punt sometimes when u pre-order e.g rome2 but more than likely you know the risk and it's only gonna set u back £25 perhaps...that's not like buying a high end gpu....

    but u can send it back I suppose. pain in the ass though..

    this is a joke move from AMD if true and i'd say they can shove it up their...
     
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    Yeah its a very bad move, i hope it turns out to be a cracking card, or they are gona have some egg on their faces :p
     
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    Id like to know why exactly they are doing this.

    Shouldnt it be up to the Add-In board partners to decide this and not AMD themselves ? really strange.
     
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    an attempt at a clever marketing ploy? trying to create hype that this card isnt 2 be missed....?
     

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    Sounds more like the add-in parters got a discount and they are being forced to do so.
     
  17. deltatux

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    Not a fan of being completely in the dark such as no word on pricing and even rudimentary specs. Sure we know this card is going to at least be somewhere near the performance of a 7970 or greater, but we can't know for sure.

    I don't think unless you're a hardcore AMD graphics fan would you place a pre-order without knowing what you're getting and for what price.

    deltatux
     
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    It'll be well above the performance of 7970. 280x is a rebranded 7970ghz. 290x is 2 models above it.
     
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    Well besides the cost and it's hardware versus software...When did it become the situation where you purchase an expensive product without even knowing the basic performance beyond the questionable claims of the manufacturer? If Nvidia tried this, the AMD crowd would be going nuts.
     
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    I don't pre-order games either, so definitely won't be doing this.

    This would all be fine if the specs and price were announced before it was released, that way if it turns out to be crap you could cancel and have your deposit refunded.

    Since that never happen, the card will likely be on it's way to you by the time you've saw reviews.

    Even worse, what if it turns out to be alot more expensive than some are expecting and they can't afford it?
    Will they just take the money leaving you broke, or maxing the credit card?

    I'm also disappointed its not part of the standard game bundles, BF4 is a game i would like to play but not enough to pay the full price, so was hoping it would come with the card.
     

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