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Lifer
- Feb 19, 2009
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It's working for AMD though, retailers I know here personally, they had trouble moving 290/X all that time, even with models like XFX, Tri-X, PCS+ etc. They didn't move until the clear out sale pricing started, where basically 290 was almost half the price of a 970 (inflated due to our silly taxes) and the R290X was again half the price of a 980!
Now, 390/X are selling very well at the same retailers. They often go out of stock and have a long pre-order lists to fill from new shipments.
As soon as the hot & loud reference R290/X set in, gamers avoided it like the plague, it takes only very informed buyers to realize custom R290/X was an awesome deal. The 300 series launch? Most of them were quiet, they all ran very cool, some of them were so quiet reviewers could not believe it. Performance is improved and the masses see 8GB vram!
Lisa Su, well played!
ps. @shady28 680 -> 780 wasn't a refresh, it was a new SKU. Entirely different chip.
Now, 390/X are selling very well at the same retailers. They often go out of stock and have a long pre-order lists to fill from new shipments.
As soon as the hot & loud reference R290/X set in, gamers avoided it like the plague, it takes only very informed buyers to realize custom R290/X was an awesome deal. The 300 series launch? Most of them were quiet, they all ran very cool, some of them were so quiet reviewers could not believe it. Performance is improved and the masses see 8GB vram!
Lisa Su, well played!
ps. @shady28 680 -> 780 wasn't a refresh, it was a new SKU. Entirely different chip.