The Von MatricesThis still leaves a huge pricing gap between the $329 GTX 770 and $450 R9 290.

AssimilatorOr, a relatively small gap between the $450 R9 290 and the $499 GTX 780.

OC-RageHi

good plan for AMD

good price and good performance for R290 450$ very good and cheap

core is clocked around 948 MHz, and memory at 6.00 GHz

64 ROPS and 512 Bit great work

good good

but however this GPUS cant any hope defeat nVIDIA GTX 780 Ti is monster


im waiting for benchs and performance this GPU

compare to any GTX series GPUS R290 vs 780 i think

LionheartIs that memory speed right? Wouldn't that mean it has more memory bandwidth then the 290X.. Or is that just a typo :eek:

SihastruFrom what I've seen at a local retailer (removed now...), that accidentally leaked the price and specs, the R9 290 will be just ~50$ cheaper then the R9 290X (just ~10% cheaper), the core clock will be 947MHz, memory clock will be 5GHz (1250MHz), 4GB in total, and the shader count should be the same.

The rumor is that the shader count is the reason why the cards have been pushed back, AMD did not expect the GTX780 to drop so much in price, and in order to be competitive they decided at the last minute to enable all shaders ("soft" VBIOS updates across). Initially the card would've been $450, but now it will be ~$500.

I'm not that sure about the last part though, it's just a rumor. The card might still arrive crippled.

The Von MatricesThe problem is that pricing it at $450 puts AMD in a bad spot. Sure, it's a great deal if you compare it to the R9 290X. The problem is that there are many people (a lot post in TPU asking for system recommendations) that have fixed budgets. So if they have $400 or $420 to spend, you have to tell them to buy a $329 GTX 770 even though you know that the R9 290 might be the better value.

NVidia captures all the people who have $329-$449 to spend, a $130 range of budgets, while AMD only gets a $50 range of purchasers between $450-$499 (not to mention there are exponentially more buyers at lower prices). This just doesn't seem like a desirable position for AMD. The only logic I can see with this pricing is if they have a limited supply of cards, at which point they should price them so that demand exactly meets supply.

harry90This gpu, r290, isnt competing with 780Ti, that card is 699 and up, this one is 450.

AlienIsGODand when this drops to $359-399, then i may invest in my 1st high end gfx card :D im pretty content at the $200-250 price point but am looking forward to one of these 8-12 months from now :P

FourstaffWhen it drops to that price bracket it is no longer a high end graphics card :rolleyes:

german103Interesting, 290x = 290 ghz edition

AlienIsGODin your opinion :p im sure it will go down to $399 and still be a productive gfx card and in my opinion, still high end :)

The Von MatricesThe problem is that pricing it at $450 puts AMD in a bad spot. Sure, it's a great deal if you compare it to the R9 290X. The problem is that there are many people (a lot post in TPU asking for system recommendations) that have fixed budgets. So if they have $400 or $420 to spend, you have to tell them to buy a $329 GTX 770 even though you know that the R9 290 might be the better value.

NVidia captures all the people who have $329-$449 to spend, a $130 range of budgets, while AMD only gets a $50 range of purchasers between $450-$499 (not to mention there are exponentially more buyers at lower prices). This just doesn't seem like a desirable position for AMD. The only logic I can see with this pricing is if they have a limited supply of cards, at which point they should price them so that demand exactly meets supply.