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For all those Canadians out there who are tired of $350-450 prices on R9 290 and $400 CDN+ prices on 970:
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 1000MHZ 4GB 5.0GHZ GDDR5 2xDVI HDMI DisplayPort PCE-E Video Card
$299.99 CDN - $30 MIR = $269.99 CDN with Free Shipping
Rebate is valid from Dec 01, 2014 to Dec 31, 2014. Limit 1 rebate(s) per customer.
At current USD to CDN exchange rates (1 USD = 1.165 CDN) = this is about $232 US which is not bad considering higher CDN prices of hardware. To give you an idea of how good this price is, NCIXUS.com's cheapest R9 290 is $250.
This card should run at about 78-79C at gaming load.
One caveat is waiting for GTX960 that might push R9 290 prices lower in January of 2015.
A typical high quality 970 such as MSI Gaming 970 goes for $420 CDN, or 56% more expensive for 5-7% more performance (and less at 4K). If you want a perfect stop-gap card for the next 1.5 years before 16nm FinFET GPUs, it doesn't get much better than this in Canada when buying new.
ASUS Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC 1000MHZ 4GB 5.0GHZ GDDR5 2xDVI HDMI DisplayPort PCE-E Video Card
$299.99 CDN - $30 MIR = $269.99 CDN with Free Shipping
Rebate is valid from Dec 01, 2014 to Dec 31, 2014. Limit 1 rebate(s) per customer.
At current USD to CDN exchange rates (1 USD = 1.165 CDN) = this is about $232 US which is not bad considering higher CDN prices of hardware. To give you an idea of how good this price is, NCIXUS.com's cheapest R9 290 is $250.
This card should run at about 78-79C at gaming load.
One caveat is waiting for GTX960 that might push R9 290 prices lower in January of 2015.
A typical high quality 970 such as MSI Gaming 970 goes for $420 CDN, or 56% more expensive for 5-7% more performance (and less at 4K). If you want a perfect stop-gap card for the next 1.5 years before 16nm FinFET GPUs, it doesn't get much better than this in Canada when buying new.
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