AMD Signals price cut on R9-295x

If this has already been posted, apologies...

http://www.techpowerup.com/204802/amd-radeon-r9-295x2-to-get-promotional-price-open-to-all.html

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AMD announced a series of retailer-specific promotions for its flagship Radeon R9 295X2 dual-GPU graphics card. The card, which launched at US $1,499, will be available for as low as $999, as part of retailer promotions. End users (you), and not just OEMs, will be able to buy the card at the three-figure price. The card will ship with its usual Radeon Rewards package, giving you access to over a dozen free games. Based on a pair of 28 nm "Hawaii" GPUs, the Radeon R9 295X2 features a total of 5,760 Graphics CoreNext 1.1 stream processors, 352 TMUs, and 128 ROPs, split between its two GPUs, and 8 GB of memory across its two 512-bit wide GDDR5 memory interfaces.

Big price reduction from $1500 down to $1000.
Tempted ?

Yeah, I'm reaching for my wallet as I type.

sweet I'll take 4 of them for quadfire action































oh wait thats octofire

this card was a fail even before they released it ... too late and too expensive

Well, now its just too late...considering that the cheapest single card out is $490 here in the states...its also reference style PCB (not cooler).

EarthDog said:

Well, now its just too late...considering that the cheapest single card out is $490 here in the states...its also reference style PCB (not cooler).

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The HIS version of the 290X is $505 after MIR and comes with a $50 NewEgg credit... So the cheapest card (assuming you're buying other stuff with it) is sort of only $455 A 295x2 for twice the price isn't all that bad a deal. Maybe the $1500 price tag was to keep the damned "miners" off of them so those of us who want GPUs to use as GPUs could get them I'd get one tomorrow if they'd give me one with a 140mm radiator.

Just be patient and it will drop even further, that's what happened with the 7990... across the pond it was around £800 new, then dropped to £540ish then again to £350ish. I picked mine up for £356 last November, at that price it was a no brainer!

S_I_N said:

sweet I'll take 4 of them for quadfire action

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OCTOFIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bet your FPS on mine sweeper would be awesome